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git clone git@github.com:Hopding/pdf-lib.git
cd pdf-lib
rm pdf_specification.pdf
git commit -am 'Remove pdf_specification.pdf'
bfg --delete-files pdf_specification.pdf
git reflog expire --expire=now --all && git gc --prune=now --aggressive
git push --force
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git filter-branch --index-filter "git rm -rf --cached --ignore-unmatch path_to_file" HEAD
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$ git rm --cached giant_file
// Stage our giant file for removal, but leave it on disk
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git filter-branch --index-filter "git rm -rf --cached --ignore-unmatch path_to_file" HEAD
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git filter-branch --force --index-filter "git rm --cached --ignore-unmatch PATH-TO-YOUR-FILE-WITH-SENSITIVE-DATA" --prune-empty --tag-name-filter cat -- --all
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git filter-branch --force --index-filter "git rm --cached --ignore-unmatch PATH-TO-YOUR-FILE-WITH-SENSITIVE-DATA" --prune-empty --tag-name-filter cat -- --all
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To replace all text listed in passwords.txt wherever it can be found in your repository's history, run:
bfg --delete-files YOUR-FILE-WITH-SENSITIVE-DATA
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The BFG Repo-Cleaner is a faster, simpler alternative to git filter-branch for removing unwanted data. For example, to remove your file with sensitive data and leave your latest commit untouched), run:
bfg --replace-text passwords.txt
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nkjdf nkjd fsdfkk sdnfkjnsdf dkfn dskfjnsd
f dfnkjsd nfkdsnfk ndsf dsfds
f sd fdsfdsf
sf sddsfdsfd