Getting rid of some sensitive data in a git repo

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If you realize that you saved some sensitive data (user:pass, an access token etc) in some version of the git repositiory, what can you do to get rid of it, without sacrificing the whole repository?. Is it possible to scrap that current revision only. Will git figure out the gaps automatically?

Marco Leogrande · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-16 08:58:39Z

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GitHub has a nice article about it:

https://help.github.com/articles/remove-sensitive-data

Essentially, you use git filter-branch to rewrite the history of your project, removing files with sensitive content.

answered Dec 16, 2012 at 8:58

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cpt. jazz Over a year ago

But make sure you have a backup of your repo when playing around with filter-branch and forcing the gc to remove old blobs. ;)

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