Remove sensitive folders (e.g. a private image gallery) from a remote repository with BFG.

BFG helped remove sensitive images from a remote repository. The bad folders were gallery and –gallery . It could also work with App_Data and Media (e.g. in Orchard).

First, make a clean commit.

This is vital!

1. Create a .gitignore file. Add the sensitive folders to it.
2. Make sure the most recent commit does NOT have any of the bad folders!!

git rm –r –cached gallery

git rm –r –cached ‘–gallery’

git commit –m "Remove sensitive folders.";

git push

Then, clean the remote and its history.

1. Install the JAVA runtime environment (BFG requires it.)
2. Download BFG: http://rtyley.github.io/bfg-repo-cleaner/

• Then rename the download file to bfg.jar
• Then copy-paste it to the desktop

git clone --mirror https://github.com/bigfont/my-repository.git

java -jar .\bfg.jar --delete-folders '{-gallery,gallery}' .\my-repository.git

cd .\my-repository.git

git reflog expire --expire=now –all

git gc --prune=now –aggressive

git push