Remove a file from git

Question

How can I remove a file from git history on Windows? I mean to remove it completely since the file contains sensitive data and has been pushed to a remote server unintentionally.

Is there any easy built-in git tool / command?

Answer 1

Take a look at the git's help: https://help.github.com/articles/remove-sensitive-data

Remove sensitive data From time to time users accidentally commit data like passwords or keys into a git repo. While you can use git rm to remove the file, it will still be in the repo's history. Fortunately, git makes it fairly simple to remove the file from the entire repo history.