delete large data folder from git history

Asked Sep 01 '20 at 09:31

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I am trying to remove a folder called "GIS" containing large data files from my git history. I pushed this folder a couple of commits ago so an --amend won't work. Here's the command I'm trying:

git filter-branch --tree-filter 'git rm -r --cached -- GIS/**' HEAD

This throws an error:

fatal: bad revision 'rm'

Why does this error occur? How can I delete this folder from my git history?

edited Sep 01 '20 at 09:37

asked Sep 01 '20 at 09:31

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How about `rm -rf GIS` instead of `git rm`? – ElpieKay Sep 01 '20 at 09:45
https://stackoverflow.com/search?q=%5Bgit%5D+remove+large+file+history – phd Sep 01 '20 at 13:49
`git filter-branch --prune-empty --index-filter "git rm -rf --cached --ignore-unmatch GIS" -- --all` – phd Sep 01 '20 at 13:50

delete large data folder from git history

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