Hiding commit from github

Question

I pushed my code to github not realizing I had my access token in there. Which brings me to two questions

Is there anyway to hide a commit?
Is it really that bad to have your access token there?

Thank yoou

Once its pushed it's out there. You can remove it by rewriting history, but there are bots harvesting this automatically. You should invalidate your token. — toasted_flakes, Apr 24 '16 at 20:00
Your first question already has an answer here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/448919/how-can-i-remove-a-commit-on-github — Roland Starke, Apr 24 '16 at 20:00

score 5 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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I had my access token in there

OOPs.

You cant hide commits but you can delete them from history.

You should use this tool:

https://rtyley.github.io/bfg-repo-cleaner/

It the prefect tool for this kind of task

BFG Repo-Cleaner

an alternative to git-filter-branch.

The BFG is a simpler, faster alternative to git-filter-branch for cleansing bad data out of your Git repository history:

Removing Crazy Big Files

Removing Passwords, Credentials & other Private data

Examples (from the official site)

In all these examples bfg is an alias for java -jar bfg.jar.

# Delete all files named 'id_rsa' or 'id_dsa' :
bfg --delete-files id_{dsa,rsa}  my-repo.git

edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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answered Apr 24 '16 at 20:05

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THANK YOU! This made me breathe a sigh of relief. @CodeWizard – IceBotYT Jan 18 '21 at 01:20
There you go! :) – IceBotYT Jan 18 '21 at 22:40

Hiding commit from github

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BFG Repo-Cleaner

Examples (from the official site)