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git - remove file from the repository
I just realised that my binaries have been version-controlled since I started my git repository, which has resulted in a .git of 10MB -- way too large for 40 revisions of a small project.
How can I retroactively remove these files from the repository? A simple git removal would not remove their history, so they would keep taking up space.
I'm using TortoiseGit with Unfuddle.
This calls for
git filter-branch. You will be able to get rid of the files you never intended on tracking.Take a look here for more information:
http://git-scm.com/docs/git-filter-branch
Hope this helps.