delete-from-git-history.md

Gitenc Usage - Clear from Git History

Remove a file from the repository and the history. Effectively remove any trace of the file's existence. Useful for purging sensitive files you've tracked before you used Gitenc.

In your local copy of the repository, run the following tasks:

Replace sqlbackup-20190128.sql.bz2 for the filename you wish to permanently remove:

git filter-branch --force --index-filter \
'git rm --cached --ignore-unmatch sqlbackup-20190128.sql.bz2' \
--prune-empty --tag-name-filter cat -- --all

You'll receive output similar to:

...

Rewrite 4hf89erbdel43... (9/9) (0 seconds passed, remaining 0 predicted) rm 'sqlbackup-20190128.sql.bz2'

Ref 'refs/heads/master' was rewritten Ref 'refs/remotes/origin/master' was rewritten WARNING: Ref 'refs/remotes/origin/master' is unchanged

Run removal for tags, also (if you use them):

git push origin --force --tags

Push the changes into the remote repository:

git push --force --all