After running the commands with filter-branch etc., my folder (let's say "concept") i want to remove from all commits, really gets deleted from all commits. even the physical folder gets deleted (good!) but the "pack" file stays the exact same way too big 1,3 GB I want to remove folders and files - from the complete commit history - physically - and most importantly from the pack file
Best regards and thank you for your quick answers Am Mittwoch, 16. Juli 2014 09:34:52 UTC+2 schrieb Magnus Therning: > > On Wed, Jul 16, 2014 at 12:11:49AM -0700, cemico wrote: > > 1. Sorry, i don't really understand what the question is. What does > > rebasing and marking with "e" mean? Is it possible to achieve > > what i want with that rebasing and "e"ing? > > Using `git rebase -i` you can do changes to history manually. That > doesn't really scale to even a small repo like your though. For > instance, to modify the latest changeset run `git rebase -i HEAD^`, > then read the instructions as the editor pops up and then replace > 'pick' with 'e' (or 'edit') for the changeset. Save the file and exit > the editor. When your done making your changes you just commit and > then run `git rebase --continue`. Of course you do this on a backup > of your repo :) > > (The stuff above is from memory so please read the full help for `git > rebase` before blaming me for any misinformation. ;) > > > 2. We did this: > > > > git filter-branch --index-filter 'git rm -rf --cached --ignore-unmatch > DIRECTORY/' --prune-empty --tag-name-filter cat -- --all > > > > and afterwards: > > > > rm -rf .git/refs/original/ && git reflog expire --all && git gc > --aggressive --prune > > > > That did not help, so we tried: > > > http://dound.com/2009/04/git-forever-remove-files-or-folders-from-history/ > > http://rtyley.github.io/bfg-repo-cleaner/ > > > http://git-scm.com/book/en/Git-Tools-Rewriting-History#The-Nuclear-Option:-filter-branch > > > > > with no effort > > I've done exactly that sort of thing in the past, using the > same sources for information, so what is it that does happen when > running the command above? Does `git filter-branch` complete > successfully? > > /M > > -- > Magnus Therning OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4 > email: mag...@therning.org <javascript:> jabber: mag...@therning.org > <javascript:> > twitter: magthe http://therning.org/magnus > > Heuristic is an algorithm in a clown suit. It’s less predictable, it’s > more > fun, and it comes without a 30-day, money-back guarantee. > -- Steve McConnell, Code Complete > -- 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/d/optout.
