Tag: Git Cleanup

Git

Git: Find and Remove Sensitive Data from Entire Repository History

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Accidentally committed API keys or passwords? Deleting the file in a new commit doesn’t remove it from history. Here’s how to purge it completely. ⚠️ The Problem: # You committed config.json with API key git add config.json git commit -m “Add config” git push # Then realized mistake and deleted it git rm config.json git […]

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Speed Up Git Operations 10x by Cleaning Up Bloated Repository History

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Is ‘git clone’ taking 10 minutes? Your repository probably has bloated history from large files that were deleted years ago but still exist in Git’s object database. Diagnose the Problem: # Check repository size du -sh .git # If this is >500MB for a code project, you have bloat # Find largest objects in Git […]

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