Re: [git-users] rebase remove ignored files
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.
Re: [git-users] rebase remove ignored files
On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 9:36 AM, Philipp Kraus philipp.kr...@flashpixx.de wrote: Hello, I have got a large Git repo, but on beginning there wasn't a gitignore file, so during the time there are a lot of (binary) files which are stored in the repository. I have add these files to a gitignore and run git rm to remove them, but can I rebase the repo, so that these files are also removed from the history? I will shrink the repo size. What you are asking for is a way to rewrite history, and if you search for it you'll find several good resources on how to use `git filter-branch` which is the command you are looking for. Beware though, it's a Swiss Army Knife with nuclear power, run it on backups of your repo before you use it on the production repo. You can start here: http://git-scm.com/book/ch6-4.html#The-Nuclear-Option:-filter-branch 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 Please come back and let us know what you ended up using and how it went. /M -- Magnus Therning OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4 email: mag...@therning.org jabber: mag...@therning.org twitter: magthe http://therning.org/magnus -- 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.
Re: [git-users] rebase remove ignored files
Am Mittwoch, 22. Januar 2014 11:16:31 UTC+1 schrieb Magnus Therning: On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 9:36 AM, Philipp Kraus philip...@flashpixx.de javascript: wrote: Hello, I have got a large Git repo, but on beginning there wasn't a gitignore file, so during the time there are a lot of (binary) files which are stored in the repository. I have add these files to a gitignore and run git rm to remove them, but can I rebase the repo, so that these files are also removed from the history? I will shrink the repo size. What you are asking for is a way to rewrite history, and if you search for it you'll find several good resources on how to use `git filter-branch` which is the command you are looking for. Thanks, seems to be my mistake. I have searched for rebase and not filter branch. Phil -- 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.
