4. Git Filter Branch

4.1. Remove file from history

• Remove sensitive data

• Remove

• http://help.github.com/remove-sensitive-data/

$ FILENAME="secret.txt"

$ git filter-branch \
    --index-filter 'git rm --cached --ignore-unmatch $FILENAME' \
    --prune-empty -- \
    --all

$ git gc --aggressive --prune=now
Enumerating objects: 3720, done.
Counting objects: 100% (3720/3720), done.
Delta compression using up to 12 threads
Compressing objects: 100% (3519/3519), done.
Writing objects: 100% (3720/3720), done.
Total 3720 (delta 2090), reused 1006 (delta 0)
Computing commit graph generation numbers: 100% (463/463), done.

4.2. Change user or email

git filter-branch --commit-filter '

    if [ "$GIT_COMMITTER_NAME" = "mharasymczuk" ]; then
        GIT_COMMITTER_NAME="Matt Harasymczuk";
        GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL="book@astronaut.center";
    fi

    if [ "GIT_AUTHOR_NAME" = "mharasymczuk" ]; then
        GIT_AUTHOR_NAME="Matt Harasymczuk";
        GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL="book@astronaut.center";
    fi

    git commit-tree "$@";
    ' HEAD