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Guide to Permanently Removing Files from Git History

When you need to permanently remove files from your Git history, there are several approaches you can take. This guide covers two popular methods: using BFG Repo-Cleaner and git filter-repo. Both methods have their own advantages and considerations.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Safety Considerations
3. Using BFG Repo-Cleaner
   • Prerequisites
   • Steps to Remove Files
4. Using git filter-repo
   • Prerequisites
   • Steps to Remove Files
5. Post-Cleanup Steps
6. References

Introduction

Removing files from Git history can be necessary for several reasons, such as removing sensitive information (e.g., passwords, API keys) or large files that bloat the repository size. This guide will help you through the process using both BFG Repo-Cleaner and git filter-repo.

Safety Considerations

Before you begin, it's important to be aware of the following safety considerations:

• Backup Your Repository: Always create a backup of your repository before making any changes to the Git history.
• Inform Your Team: Communicate with your team about the changes you’re planning to make. After rewriting history, everyone will need to re-clone or reset their local repositories.
• Understand the Impact: Rewriting history changes commit hashes. This can impact branches, pull requests, and tags.

Using BFG Repo-Cleaner

BFG Repo-Cleaner is a simpler and faster alternative to git filter-branch for removing large or sensitive files from Git history.

Prerequisites

• Java installed on your system.
• BFG Repo-Cleaner JAR file. You can download it from the BFG Repo-Cleaner releases page.

Steps to Remove Files

1. Clone Your Repository:

   git clone --mirror https://github.com/your-repo/your-repo.git
   cd your-repo.git

2. Run BFG to Remove Files:

   java -jar bfg.jar --delete-files your-file.txt

   You can also use --delete-folders to remove entire directories.

3. Clean Up and Repack:

   git reflog expire --expire=now --all && git gc --prune=now --aggressive

4. Push the Changes:

   git push --force

Using git filter-repo

git filter-repo is a more powerful and flexible tool compared to BFG Repo-Cleaner. It is intended to replace git filter-branch.

Prerequisites

• Python installed on your system.
• git filter-repo installed. You can install it using pip:

  pip install git-filter-repo

Steps to Remove Files

1. Clone Your Repository:

   git clone https://github.com/your-repo/your-repo.git
   cd your-repo

2. Run git filter-repo to Remove Files:

   git filter-repo --path your-file.txt --invert-paths

   The --invert-paths option removes the specified paths from the repository history.

3. Clean Up and Repack:

   git reflog expire --expire=now --all && git gc --prune=now --aggressive

4. Push the Changes:

   git push --force

Post-Cleanup Steps

After running either BFG Repo-Cleaner or git filter-repo, follow these steps to ensure your repository is in a good state:

1. Inform Your Team: Notify your team about the changes. They will need to reset their local repositories.
2. Re-clone or Reset Local Repositories:
   • Re-clone:

     git clone https://github.com/your-repo/your-repo.git

   • Reset:

     git fetch origin
     git reset --hard origin/main

References

• BFG Repo-Cleaner Official Website
• git filter-repo Documentation
• Git Documentation