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Purge file/dir from repo
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purge-from-git
[file]
git filter-branch --force --index-filter 'git rm --cached --ignore-unmatch <filename>' --prune-empty -- --all
[dir]
git filter-branch --force --index-filter 'git rm -r --cached --ignore-unmatch <dir-path>/' --prune-empty -- --all
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