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August 29, 2013 09:24
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| # From https://help.github.com/articles/remove-sensitive-data | |
| # If you haven't done it yet: | |
| git rm thefile.ext | |
| # And to purge it from history | |
| git filter-branch --force --index-filter 'git rm --cached --ignore-unmatch thefile.ext' --prune-empty --tag-name-filter cat -- --all |
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