how to remove a file from git to never exist at all

Question

so i pushed a ouath key file into my git branch from my local copy. how do i overwrite commits in git to remove the oauth key file?

i tried doing

git rm cache /storage/oauth.key and did a git add, git commit, git push to my branch but the file is still there.

i also tried doing

git revert commitID but got an error

error: commit 5ac87ad863059396jkljkljlkjce4c64 is a merge but no -m option was given. fatal: revert failed

please advice.

See https://stackoverflow.com/a/23188613/7976758 – phd Jun 08 '17 at 10:41 — phd, Jun 08 '17 at 10:41

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 08 '17 at 11:57

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try

git rm --cached storage/oauth.key

then add your deleted oauth key file on stage, commit and push.
This must delete the key file from your remote repository.

answered Jun 08 '17 at 11:57

Anas Laghouaouta

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