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

The easiest way I've found is to use the BFG Repo-Cleaner

The instructions on the project page are clear. The command you would use is something like:

bfg --delete-files "*.jar"  my-repo.git

BFG will clean the history of the repo of all files ending in the .jar extension. You can then inspect the result before pushing it back to the server.