I've finally found the correct command after some significant research:
git filter-branch --tag-name-filter cat --index-filter "git rm -r
--cached --ignore-unmatch ${file_path}/${file_name}" --prune-empty
--force -- --all
On Fri, Jan 20, 2017 at 4:23 PM, jean-christophe manciot
Also some context information:
Ubuntu 16.10 4.8
git 2.11.0
On Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 9:32 AM, jean-christophe manciot
wrote:
> In case you were wondering whether these files were tracked or not:
>
> git-Games# git ls-files Ubuntu/16.04
> Ubuntu/16.04/residualvm_0.3.0~git-1_amd64.deb
&g
Ubuntu/16.04/scummvm-dbgsym_1.9.0_amd64.deb
Ubuntu/16.04/scummvm_1.8.0_amd64.deb
Ubuntu/16.04/scummvm_1.9.0_amd64.deb
On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 4:30 PM, jean-christophe manciot
wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I'm trying to purge a complete folder and its files from the
> repository history wi
Hi there,
I'm trying to purge a complete folder and its files from the
repository history with:
git-Games# git filter-branch 'git rm -r --ignore-unmatch --
Ubuntu/16.04/' --tag-name-filter cat -- --all HEAD
fatal: bad revision 'git rm -r --ignore-unmatch -- Ubuntu/16.04/'
git does not find the f
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