Cleanup files with git-filter-repo

git-filter-repo.sh

# upgrade git
sudo apt-get install -y python-software-properties software-properties-common
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:git-core/ppa -y
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install git -y

# install git-filter-repo
pip3 install git-filter-repo

# cleanup files
# --invert-paths is remove dir
git filter-repo --path <file-or-dir> --invert-paths --force

# push to remote
git remote add origin <remote-url>
git push --set-upstream origin <branch-name> --force

https://improveandrepeat.com/2021/06/how-to-use-git-filter-repo-to-remove-files-from-your-git-repository/

after running git filter-repo ...
when check git status
you see nothing to commit or change
don't worry, pls next step (pushing...)