Git - Remove All of a Certain Type of File from the Repository

Question

How do I remove all of a certain type of file from the Repository? I\'m using

git filter-branch --index-filter \'git rm -rf --cached **/*.jar\'

Answer 1

You simply have to run this in order to remove all your jars from the index:

git rm -r --cached **/*.jar

Run this command from your root directory of the project and it will clean up and will remove all your file only from the staging area.