How to make git recognize that I deleted a file?

Question

I am getting this error,

File bigFile.txt is 125.61 MB; this exceeds GitHub's file size limit of 100.00 MB

This was after adding, committing, and trying to push. I went ahead and removed the bigFile.txt but the error keeps appearing every time I try to push again. I even tried undoing the last commit and it didn't work.

@OliverCharlesworth http://stackoverflow.com/questions/927358/how-to-undo-the-last-commit — Lucas Alanis, Jun 21 '15 at 20:02
The answer below nor the answer in the question marked as 'duplicate' worked for me. What worked was saving all my files to another directory, running ` git reset --hard origin/master`, deleting the files in the git directory, and putting the saved files in the now empty git directory. — Lucas Alanis, Jun 22 '15 at 15:17
What you're describing is equivalent to `git reset --soft origin/master`... — Oliver Charlesworth, Jun 22 '15 at 20:57

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 21 '15 at 20:16

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Assuming that your last commit is the one with bigFile.txt, do the following:

git rm bigFile.txt
git commit --amend

This will alter your last commit to not have bigFile.txt in it.

answered Jun 21 '15 at 20:16

David Deutsch

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