Remove all the contents of your .gitignore file from the git history

remote-gitignore-from-history.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Check if .gitignore file exists
if [ ! -f .gitignore ]; then
  echo ".gitignore file not found!"
  exit 1
fi

# Read each line in .gitignore
while IFS= read -r line
do
  # Skip empty lines and comments
  if [[ ! -z "$line" && ! "$line" =~ ^# ]]; then
    # Remove leading slash if present
    path="${line#/}"
    echo "Removing path: $path"
    git filter-repo --path "$path" --invert-paths
  fi
done < .gitignore

# Force push the changes to the remote repository
git push --force --all
git push --force --tags

echo "Done removing paths listed in .gitignore"