How to remove file from Git history?

Question

Some time ago I added info(files) that must be private. Removing from the project is not problem, but I also need to remove it from git history.

I use Gi

Answer 1

git-repo-filter

git recommends to use git-filter-repo (when git filter-branch command is executed). There is a long list of why it is better than any other alternatives (https://github.com/newren/git-filter-repo#why-filter-repo-instead-of-other-alternatives), my experience is that it is very simple and very fast.

This command removes the file from all commits in all branches:

git filter-repo --path --invert-paths

Multiple paths can be specified by using multiple --path parameters. You can find detailed documentation here: https://www.mankier.com/1/git-filter-repo