Answer #2 - Git Remove Large files from commit - SO thread -http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22227851/error-while-pushing-to-github-repo/22228417

gistfile1.txt

someuser@somedomain [~/public_html/dev]# git rm --cached var/report/752246136671
fatal: pathspec 'var/report/752246136671' did not match any files

someuser@somedomain [~/public_html/dev]# git commit --amend -CHEAD
[master 071990c] Git Ignore files
 1 files changed, 119 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .gitignore
 
someuser@somedomain [~/public_html/dev]# git push
Counting objects: 1341, done.
Delta compression using up to 4 threads.
Compressing objects: 100% (1143/1143), done.
Writing objects: 100% (1330/1330), 7.70 MiB | 1.59 MiB/s, done.
Total 1330 (delta 692), reused 0 (delta 0)
remote: warning: File var/log/system.log is 57.82 MB; this is larger than GitHub's recommended maximum file size of 50 MB
remote: error: GH001: Large files detected.
remote: error: Trace: f35b006160b1de6c08f12a603bee1840
remote: error: See http://git.io/iEPt8g for more information.
remote: error: File var/report/752246136671 is 100.86 MB; this exceeds GitHub's file size limit of 100 MB
To git@github.com:someuser/some-repo.git
 ! [remote rejected] master -> master (pre-receive hook declined)
error: failed to push some refs to 'git@github.com:someuser/some-repo.git'

someuser@somedomain [~/public_html/dev]# git status
# On branch master
# Your branch is ahead of 'origin/master' by 6 commits.
#
# Untracked files:
#   (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)
#
#       error_log
#       products_update_2014-03-06.csv
nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track)