Re: Removing some files from history

On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 02:38:54PM +0400, Gennady Kushnir wrote:

I'm going to make my repository public, but I have found that one of
my files contains some private data that I would not like to share.
Is it possible to remove that file from all commits in my local
repository history before publishing it?

Yes, see "git help filter-branch". The first example given does exactly
what you are asking for.

-Peff