Hi,
How do I delete files from commit history, but still keep these files untracked on the filesystem?
I tried 'git rm --cached' command using 'git filter-branch'; however it deleted file from the filesystem as well.
{{{
$ git filter-branch --index-filter 'git rm --cached --ignore-unmatch */one.txt' HEAD
}}}
I am guessing since file is getting deleted from commit history (where it was created/modified), it won't be present on the filesystem as well. Am I following it correctly? Any further elaboration on this problem will be really helpful.
Do I need to move concerned files to some other temporary location and rename them back to original filename? I have tried following commands with tree-filter, but it is failing as of now (second mv command needs to know correct filesystem path which was matched for */one.txt):
{{{
$ git filter-branch -f --tree-filter \
> 'if [ -f */one.txt ]; then mv */one.txt */one.txt.keep; fi; rm -f */one.txt; if [ -f */one.txt.keep ]; then mv -f */one.txt.keep */one.txt; fi' \
> HEAD
}}}
Any help?
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Thanks,
Shantanu.
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