On Wednesday, January 22, 2014 11:16:31 AM UTC+1, Magnus Therning wrote: > > You might also be interested in BFG, it's a tool I haven't had a > reason to investigate further yet, but it sounds like it could be a > more friendly option: > http://rtyley.github.io/bfg-repo-cleaner/ > > http://www.theguardian.com/info/developer-blog/2013/apr/29/rewrite-git-history-with-the-bfg > > http://episodes.gitminutes.com/2013/04/gitminutes-06-roberto-tyley-on.html > > Just to +1 a little on the BFG: I think new Git users will have an easier time using BFG than getting into filter-branch, when we're talking about simple operations (like removing a single big file from history, etc).
GitHub trainer Matthew McCullough has presented many a times on how to user filter-branch. Unfortunately, the repositories with examples have been moved around too much so I can't find them anymore, but I found some leftovers here: * http://training.github.com/articles/lesson-filter-branch/ And maybe this one will help: * https://help.github.com/articles/remove-sensitive-data -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Git for human beings" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to git-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.