BFG remove multiple folders

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I found that BFG is much faster than the original git-filter-branch.

We have multiple svn repo to move to even more git repositories, this implies some repository folder merges and splits. During the process I need to remove a set of root folders and I'd like to remove those to the whole history.

I tried to use the BFG --delete-folders and it works fine for one single folder but I did not find a way to delete multiple folders. Is it even possible ? or shall I loop to call BFG as many times as I have folders to remove ?

Thanks for any help.

score 98 · Accepted Answer · edited Jan 20 '16 at 20:12

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The argument to --delete-folders is a glob expression, so you should be able to just comma-separate the folder names, like this:

$ bfg --delete-folders "{folderA,folderB,folderC}" my-repo.git

Good luck!

Full disclosure: I'm the author of the BFG Repo-Cleaner.

edited Jan 20 '16 at 20:12

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answered Feb 07 '14 at 19:52

Roberto Tyley

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BFG is great! Is it possible to remove one instance of a folder with a given name in a repo if there are multiples? E.g. Given /config vs /some/other/path/config, removing the former from history without the latter? – justinbach Mar 13 '14 at 14:38
Sorry I didn't want to sign up for Bountysource, so I'm giving you 5 karmas instead of $5. Amazingly easy to use. – Noumenon Feb 16 '16 at 13:30
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Are the folder names relative, absolute, wildcards, or some kind of other matching system? – fIwJlxSzApHEZIl Jul 27 '22 at 17:39

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Jan 22 '21 at 14:56

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You can delete multiple folder using the command like this:

$ bfg --delete-folders "{List of folder separated by comma}" git-repo.git

Thanks !

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answered Jul 13 '17 at 05:33

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