www/content/blog/commands/git-rewrite-commit-history.md

---
title: "Rewrite a git commit history"
date: 2018-03-05
description: How to rewrite a git commit history
tags:
  - git
---

## git filter-branch

Here is how to rewrite a git commit history, for example to remove a file :
```sh
git filter-branch –index-filter "git rm --cached --ignore-unmatch ${file}" --prune-empty --tag-name-filter cat - -all
```
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+								---
 								title: "Rewrite a git commit history"
 								date: 2018-03-05
-												First big articles reformatting now that I properly understand hugo

											
										
										
											2021-03-11 19:47:26 +01:00
+								description: How to rewrite a git commit history
 								tags:
 								  - git
-												Long overdue first commit with content

											
										
										
											2020-04-28 17:29:52 +02:00
+								---
-												First big articles reformatting now that I properly understand hugo

											
										
										
											2021-03-11 19:47:26 +01:00
+								## git filter-branch
-												Long overdue first commit with content

											
										
										
											2020-04-28 17:29:52 +02:00
+								Here is how to rewrite a git commit history, for example to remove a file :
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											2023-04-23 22:33:49 +02:00
+								```sh
-												Long overdue first commit with content

											
										
										
											2020-04-28 17:29:52 +02:00
+								git filter-branch –index-filter "git rm --cached --ignore-unmatch ${file}" --prune-empty --tag-name-filter cat - -all
-												Refactored syntax highlighting shortcodes into markdown

											
										
										
											2023-04-23 22:33:49 +02:00
+								```