I have uploaded a font file that I don't have the rights to distribute to git hub several updates ago.
I have a relatively inactive repository and I have the ability to notify all of my members if necessary. I've tried several of the solutions. I need to delete a file in my directory called Resources\Video\%font%.ttf where %font% is the name of the plain, italicized and bold versions of the font. What commands do I use?
In that case you could to use Git Filter Branch command with --tree-filter option.
syntax is git filter-branch --tree-filter <command> ...
git filter-branch --tree-filter 'rm -f Resources\Video\%font%.ttf' -- --all
Edit Updated
Note that git filter-branch --index-filter is much faster than --tree-filter
git filter-branch --index-filter 'rm -f Resources\Video\%font%.ttf' -- --all
In windows had to use
/instead of\.
Explanation about the command:
< command > Specify any shell command.
--tree-filter:Git will check each commit out into working directory, run your command, and re-commit.
--index-filter: Git updates git history and not the working directory.
--all: Filter all commits in all branches.
Note: Kindly check the path for your file as I'm not sure for the file path
Hope this help you.
According to the official git docs, using git filter-branch is strongly discouraged, and the recommended approach is to use the contributed git-filter-repo command.
Install it (via package, or with package python3-pip, do a pip install: pip install git-filter-repo).
The command to exorcise filename is then:
git filter-repo --invert-paths --path filename
The --invert-paths option indicates to exclude, not include the following paths.
git filter-branch --index-filter 'git rm --cached --ignore-unmatch Resources\Video\%font%.ttf' HEAD can be much (up to 100x) faster than --tree-filter because it only updates git history and not the working directory.
ref: What is the difference between "--tree-filter" and "--index-filter" in the "git filter-branch"?
ref: https://git-scm.com/docs/git-filter-branch
