Remove file/folder from GIT repo permanently

RemoveFromGit.cmd

REM Remove folder Sample/packages from GIT repository
git --filter-branch --index-filter "git rm --cached --ignore-unmatch -rf Sample/package" --prune-empty --tag-name-filter cat -- --all

REM Remove file Sample/packages/filetoremove.txt from GIT repository
git --filter-branch --index-filter "git rm --cached --ignore-unmatch Sample/package/filetoremove.txt" --prune-empty --tag-name-filter cat -- --all

REM push the result to origin
git push origin --force --all
git push origin --force --tags

REM cleanup - if everything OK
git for-each-ref --format="delete %(refname)" refs/original | git update-ref --stdin
git reflog expire --expire=now --all
git gc --prune=now