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Remove from git commit history
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# Remove DIRECTORY_NAME from all commits, then remove the refs to the old commits | |
# (repeat these two commands for as many directories that you want to remove) | |
git filter-branch --index-filter 'git rm -rf --cached --ignore-unmatch DIRECTORY_NAME/' --prune-empty --tag-name-filter cat -- --all | |
git for-each-ref --format="%(refname)" refs/original/ | xargs -n 1 git update-ref -d | |
# Ensure all old refs are fully removed | |
rm -Rf .git/logs .git/refs/original | |
# Perform a garbage collection to remove commits with no refs | |
git gc --prune=all --aggressive | |
# Force push all branches to overwrite their history | |
# (use with caution!) | |
git push origin --all --force | |
git push origin --tags --force |
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