git/list[1] front-page[2] threads[3] people[4] search[5] about
 

Re: removing content from git history

From
JFJ. Bruce Fields <bfields@fieldses.org>
Date
Oct 9, 2007, 21:02 UTC
Message-ID
<20071009210235.GB9633@fieldses.org>
In-Reply-To
<18187.60305.613904.547916@lisa.zopyra.com>
On Tue, Oct 09, 2007 at 03:58:57PM -0500, Bill Lear wrote:
Show 10 quoted lines
> As I understand this thread, it does not appear that a resolution
> was reached.  Our company has content in our central git repository
> that we need to remove per a contractual obligation.  I believe the
> content in question is limited to one sub-directory, that has existed
> since (or near to) the beginning of the repo, if that matters.  We
> obviously would just like to issue a "git nuke" operation and be done
> with it, if that is available.  Barring that, we could probably follow
> reasonably simple steps to purge the content and rebuild the repo.
> 
> So, what options do we have at present?

Have you looked at git-filter-branch in a recent version of git? The man page has some good examples.

--b.
Previous: Bill LearNext: Bill Lear
Message 10 of 25 in “removing content from git history”
  1. Michael HendricksFeb 21, 2007
  2. Shawn O. PearceFeb 21, 2007
  3. J. Bruce FieldsFeb 21, 2007
  4. Linus TorvaldsFeb 21, 2007
  5. Linus TorvaldsFeb 21, 2007
  6. Shawn O. PearceFeb 21, 2007
  7. Linus TorvaldsFeb 21, 2007
  8. Shawn O. PearceFeb 21, 2007
  9. Bill LearOct 9, 2007
  10. J. Bruce FieldsOct 9, 2007
  11. Bill LearOct 9, 2007
  12. Johannes SchindelinOct 10, 2007
  13. Linus TorvaldsFeb 21, 2007
  14. Nicolas PitreFeb 21, 2007
  15. Linus TorvaldsFeb 21, 2007
  16. Nicolas PitreFeb 21, 2007
  17. Michael HendricksFeb 21, 2007
  18. Shawn O. PearceFeb 21, 2007
  19. Linus TorvaldsFeb 21, 2007
  20. Linus TorvaldsFeb 21, 2007
  21. Nicolas PitreFeb 21, 2007
  22. Junio C HamanoFeb 21, 2007
  23. Nicolas PitreFeb 21, 2007
  24. Junio C HamanoFeb 21, 2007
  25. Nicolas PitreFeb 21, 2007

Read the whole thread, see it on lore, or plain text.

$ cat FOOTERMessages come from the public archive at lore.kernel.org/git, fetched every hour. The front page is chosen and written each morning by an AI editor and can be wrong; the threads themselves are the record. About and API. For agents: an MCP server at https://gitlist.dev/mcp, and any thread, story or person page as Markdown by adding .md to its URL (or sending Accept: text/markdown). Details in /llms.txt.