thank you for precise instructions. however I did not completely understand the part about references and reflog what are these? git tags? and another question: did I understand it right, that I can even make some changes to that file in history - not just simply delete one? Gennady 2008/10/17 Michael J Gruber <michaeljgruber+gmane@xxxxxxxxxxx>: > Gennady Kushnir venit, vidit, dixit 17.10.2008 12:38: >> Hello all >> I'm not yet subscribed, but I wish I shall get reply anyway >> >> I'm going to make my repository public, but I have found that one of >> my files contains some private data that I would not like to share. >> Is it possible to remove that file from all commits in my local >> repository history before publishing it? >> Or it would be easier to start publishing with just my current state >> (whith all private data cleaned up)? >> >> Thanks in advance. >> Gennady > Use > > git filter-branch --index-filter 'git rm --cached secret' -- --all > > or > > git filter-branch --tree-filter 'rm -f secret' -- --all > > where 'secret' is the name of the file to be removed. > > After that, make sure you clean up your repo before publishing: > Clean out the original references (command on 1 line): > > git for-each-ref --format='%(refname)' refs/original |while read ref; > do git update-ref -d $ref;done > > Clean out the reflog: > > git reflog --expire=0 expire > > Remove the old objects and packs: > > git prune > git repack -adf > > [Makes me feel this should be easier.] > > Michael > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
