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Git remove file from repo and history
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To remove a file from the current commit or HEAD but if you want remove entirely from the repository’s history then you need to run couple of commands.

git filter-branch --index-filter \
    'git rm -rf --cached --ignore-unmatch path_to_file' HEAD

This will rewrite your git history to remove the file

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