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March 4, 2013 12:23
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Forever remove files or folders from git history
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| # remove all paths passed as arguments from the history of the repo | |
| files=$@ | |
| git filter-branch --index-filter "git rm -rf --cached --ignore-unmatch $files" HEAD | |
| # remove the temporary history git-filter-branch otherwise leaves behind for a long time | |
| rm -rf .git/refs/original/ && git reflog expire --all && git gc --aggressive --prune |
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