[Git] 間違えてcommitしたファイルをリポジトリから削除する

公開日: 2013/09/11
更新日: 2020/10/17

例えば、パスワードや個人情報が書かれたファイルを履歴も含めて削除する場合。
git rm –cached ではリポジトリに残っている履歴は消えない。

git filter-branch

% git filter-branch --force --index-filter \
>   'git rm --cached --ignore-unmatch AWDwRails32.sublime-workspace' \
>   --prune-empty --tag-name-filter cat -- --all
Rewrite 4d8403a6605b2ef7934817ad94a3bcd19bb1ee91 (8/39)rm 'AWDwRails32.sublime-workspace'
 # 省略
Rewrite 79a62e5753cf912b1ed790551c4db044b2903b6f (38/39)rm 'AWDwRails32.sublime-workspace'
Rewrite 8811c830be7d4ada9cf50af2c7e3f107e44e73e7 (39/39)
Ref 'refs/heads/depot_e_RPT' was rewritten
Ref 'refs/heads/depot_f_RPT' was rewritten
Ref 'refs/heads/depot_g_RPT' was rewritten
Ref 'refs/heads/develop' was rewritten
Ref 'refs/heads/master' was rewritten
Ref 'refs/remotes/origin/master' was rewritten

force push します。

% git push -f origin master
Counting objects: 431, done.
Delta compression using up to 2 threads.
Compressing objects: 100% (369/369), done.
Writing objects: 100% (383/383), 362.71 KiB | 0 bytes/s, done.
Total 383 (delta 185), reused 0 (delta 0)
To git@github.com:DriftwoodJP/Agile-Web-Development-with-Rails.git
 + 8811c83...d0e3c9b master -> master (forced update)