32 lines
1.4 KiB
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32 lines
1.4 KiB
Bash
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# SCM Breeze - Streamline your SCM workflow.
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# Copyright 2011 Nathan Broadbent (http://madebynathan.com). All Rights Reserved.
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# Released under the LGPL (GNU Lesser General Public License)
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# -------------------------------------------------------
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# -----------------------------------------------------------------
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# Misc Git Tools
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# - Please feel free to add your own git scripts, and send me a pull request
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# at https://github.com/ndbroadbent/scm_breeze
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# -----------------------------------------------------------------
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# Remove files/folders from git history
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# -------------------------------------------------------------------
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# To use it, cd to your repository's root and then run the function
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# with a list of paths you want to delete. e.g. git_remove_history path1 path2
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# Original Author: David Underhill
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git_remove_history() {
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# Make sure we're at the root of a git repo
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if [ ! -d .git ]; then
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echo "Error: must run this script from the root of a git repository"
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return
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fi
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# Remove all paths passed as arguments from the history of the repo
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files=$@
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git filter-branch --index-filter "git rm -rf --cached --ignore-unmatch $files" HEAD
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# Remove the temporary history git-filter-branch otherwise leaves behind for a long time
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rm -rf .git/refs/original/ && git reflog expire --all && git gc --aggressive --prune
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}
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