From: Jeff King Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2009 22:55:08 GMT Subject: Re: deleting / adding files throughout the repository Message-ID: <20090608225508.GA21389@coredump.intra.peff.net> In-Reply-To: On Mon, Jun 08, 2009 at 06:25:00PM +0100, Alex K wrote: > Suppose I made a mistake in my repository. There is a file that should > never have been there. How do I delete this file from the entire > repository history? How do I add a file throughout the entire > repository history as if this later file had always been there? Use "git filter-branch". The examples section of "git help filter-branch" does the first part of what you're asking (and the second part is fairly easy to extrapolate). -Peff