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Deleting file from Git history
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Example 1

Deleting .env:

git filter-branch --force --index-filter 'git rm --cached --ignore-unmatch .env' --prune-empty --tag-name-filter cat -- --all

Example 2

Deleting .env inside the app directory:

git filter-branch --force --index-filter 'git rm --cached --ignore-unmatch src/app/.env' --prune-empty --tag-name-filter cat -- --all

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