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Suggestion: simple, easy and fast removal of personal information Git history

1 messages between Sep 22, 2026 and Sep 22, 2026, from JESUS rose to life.

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JESUS rose to lifeSep 22, 2026, 11:02 UTC on lore
Scenario:
- There is a public Git repository.
- Someone accidentally commits users' personal information.
- The mistake is eventually discovered.
- The personal information must completely and immediately be removed
from Git history.
Suggestion:
- The removal should be simple, easy and fast.
- It should not require coordination with developers or require them to:
-- pause development
-- rebase
-- cherry-pick
-- merge
-- manually reconcile branches
-- perform any other history-rewrite operation
- Developers should be able to continue working normally before,
during, and after the purge.
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Thank you for your time!
Be blessed!

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