Remove a password (or unwanted string) commited in github (or gitlab) from git history

remove-unwanted-from-git.sh

#!/bin/bash

git filter-branch --tree-filter "find . -name 'ops/roles/ota/files/.env' -exec sed -i -e \
    's/<thepasswordtoremove>/***REMOVED***/g' {} \;"
git reflog expire --expire=now --all && git gc --prune=now --aggressive
git push --force --all

# If this commit was hosted on github, you will still be able to access the failing commit on the web
# which is not what you want
# This is because GitHub needs to run garbage collection and this will be done manually upon request
# This way dangling commit will be removed 
open https://support.github.com/contact?tags=rr-general-technical