Completely remove files from Git repository

git filter-branch –index-filter ‘git rm -r –cached –ignore-unmatch <FOLDER/FILE>’ HEAD rm -rf .git/refs/original/ && git reflog expire –all && git gc –aggressive –prune

Git tips

What is Git Why Git [Read the history – 46:00] Git reference site Pro Git book O’Reilly Webcast: The Fringes of Git (Rebase technique by examples)

HOWTO: arc diff with the particular commit in the past

Create the branch via hash git branch preview 63c3ec098181b81e44a018e153de481c8ed5df7b Switch to new branch git checkout preview Checkout needed files from the original branch git checkout master test.js Commit changes git commit -am “for arc diff” arc diff –preview Now you can delete this branch