Git history file remover

Remove file from git history keeping historical changes.

See details at https://rtyley.github.io/bfg-repo-cleaner.

Requirements

• download bfg: https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/madgag/bfg/1.14.0/bfg-1.14.0.jar
• install java jre

Steps

1. clone repo
2. remove files (not physically)
3. move into repo directory
4. strip out unwanted history
5. push changes

/bin/bash remove-files-from-git-history.sh ACCOUNT REPOSITORY FILE