Closed ccascone closed 3 years ago
A perhaps better alternative is the BFG repo cleaner, which is referenced by the github docs as a faster alternative: https://rtyley.github.io/bfg-repo-cleaner/ It is specifically meant for removing files from a repo's history, and updates all refs (including open branches I believe).
Fixed in main
branch. This issue can be closed when all branches are rebased against main
and master
is deleted.
Branch rebase status:
Thanks @bocon13 for helping on this. All relevant branches have been rebased and PR re-opened. Closing this issue.
We can use git filter-branch:
This requires rewriting history for all branches