remove env file from git history forever

remove env file from git forever

echo '.env' >> .gitignore
git rm -r --cached .env
git add .gitignore
git commit -m 'untracking .env'
git push origin master

This only removes in the most recent unpushed commit not from your whole history

git filter-branch --force --index-filter 'git rm --cached --ignore-unmatch application/.env.example' --prune-empty --tag-name-filter cat -- --all

Updated to work across branches

Above works also for history

Thanks, this worked for me

git filter-branch --index-filter "git rm -rf --cached --ignore-unmatch .env" HEAD
git push --force

I just run this and ended up with this error in my CI Pipeline fatal: empty ident name. Anyway to go about it?

It's really handy!

for me this was the perfect solution! I always ended up modifying the .env between MAC and WIN. Thanks a lot

Only this worked for me because I came across the same issue
https://stackoverflow.com/a/55017549/2508481

Perfect! Thank you so much!

Thank you!

git filter-branch --index-filter "git rm -rf --cached --ignore-unmatch .env" HEAD
git push --force

worked for me, thanks!

Worked perfectly fine for me, Thanks.

This worked! Thanks

Thanks man!

git filter-branch --force --index-filter 'git rm --cached --ignore-unmatch application/.env.example' --prune-empty --tag-name-filter cat -- --all

Updated to work across branches

This did work to clear the commits from my history, but when checking the git tree with gitk --all I see that this moves them off of the main remote, and I can still see the .env commits. How do I clear these? See photo of git tree

It worked for me, thanks!

Thank you, it really helps

It did work thank you!

git filter-branch --force --index-filter 'git rm --cached --ignore-unmatch application/.env.example' --prune-empty --tag-name-filter cat -- --all

It really worked thank you

Perfect

git filter-branch --index-filter "git rm -rf --cached --ignore-unmatch .env" HEAD
git push --force

worked for me, thanks!

worked for me too, thanks

Thanks, worked for current commit. But .env file exist in previous commits.

git filter-branch --force --index-filter 'git rm --cached --ignore-unmatch application/.env.example' --prune-empty --tag-name-filter cat -- --all

This did not work for me.

git filter-branch --index-filter "git rm -rf --cached --ignore-unmatch .env" HEAD
git push --force

worked for me, thanks!

it's also works for me
Thanks

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git filter-branch --index-filter "git rm -rf --cached --ignore-unmatch .env" HEAD
git push --force

I just run this and ended up with this error in my CI Pipeline fatal: empty ident name. Anyway to go about it?

this work for me. thanks