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remove env file from git history forever
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remove env file from git forever
echo '.env' >> .gitignore
git rm -r --cached .env
git add .gitignore
git commit -m 'untracking .env'
git push origin master
@michaelovo
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Thanks man!

@Gbillington1
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git filter-branch --force --index-filter 'git rm --cached --ignore-unmatch application/.env.example' --prune-empty --tag-name-filter cat -- --all

Updated to work across branches

This did work to clear the commits from my history, but when checking the git tree with gitk --all I see that this moves them off of the main remote, and I can still see the .env commits. How do I clear these? See photo of git tree

@AbdulWahabAchakzai
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It worked for me, thanks!

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