Mini tutorial to remove Go , a file of all your repository history. It can also be used for troubleshooting.
Sometimes a type of file weighs down your git repository and during development you decided to ignore these files by adding it to the .gitignore file. By using this method, you slow down the filling of your memory space but what will you do with the heavy files remaining in the history of your repository?
In this tutorial you will discover a good way to delete your file in all the history of your repository. This will save you a lot of space on your hard drive or remote repository.
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Git - How to delete a file from your entire repository history
In general, it's easy to delete files in a git commit. Deleting all source code history is not an easy task. The command we are going to post may take time to execute depending on the number of commits in your repository.
The author whoever discovered this command mentioned that it took 10 hours to delete his file from all his git repository history. This is normal because his repository is over 10 years old with over 90k commits.
git filter-branch --index-filter "git rm -rf --cached --ignore-unmatch path_to_file " HEAD
path_to_file : this is the path to the file you want to delete …
Before executing the command, plan something else to do to occupy yourself. Maybe a break tea or coffee.
After executing the command, send the new repository to your remote git server with the following command:
git push-all
We hope we have helped you in this troubleshooting!!
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