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Removing things from a repo that shouldn't be there

Subject: Removing things from a repo that shouldn't be there

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Jon Smirl· Feb 10, 2008, 17:15 UTC · lore

In the lazy clone thread there is mention of a large, generated file being checked into the tree. Let's say we have a tree like this and it is ok to delete the generated file since it didn't really need to be checked in. Is there a procedure to chase down all the revisions, delete them, and then regenerate the commits to reflect the deletion? I don't need this tool, I'm just wondering if there is a reasonable solution to the problem.

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Johannes Schindelin· Feb 10, 2008, 17:38 UTC · re: Jon Smirl · lore

Re: Removing things from a repo that shouldn't be there

Hi,

On Sun, 10 Feb 2008, Jon Smirl wrote:

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> In the lazy clone thread there is mention of a large, generated file 
> being checked into the tree. Let's say we have a tree like this and it 
> is ok to delete the generated file since it didn't really need to be 
> checked in. Is there a procedure to chase down all the revisions, delete 
> them, and then regenerate the commits to reflect the deletion? I don't 
> need this tool, I'm just wondering if there is a reasonable solution to 
> the problem.

filter-branch.

Ciao, Dscho