git-obliterate

Delete specific files and erase their history from a Git repository. Part of git-extras. More information: <https://github.com/tj/git-extras/blob/master/Commands.md#git-obliterate>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/git-obliterate.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install git-extras
Ubuntu
apt-get install git-extras
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install git-extras
Fedora
dnf install git-extras
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install git-extras
OS X
brew install git-extras
Raspbian
apt-get install git-extras
Dockerfile
dockerfile.run/git-obliterate

Delete specific files and erase their history from a Git repository. Part of git-extras. More information: <https://github.com/tj/git-extras/blob/master/Commands.md#git-obliterate>.

  • Erase the existence of specific files:
    git obliterate file_1 file_2 ...
  • Erase the existence of specific files between 2 commits:
    git obliterate file_1 file_2 ... -- commit_hash_1..commit_hash_2

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