Git – remove commits with empty changeset using filter-branch

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Just add on the --prune-empty option:

git filter-branch --tree-filter 'rm -rf my_folder' --prune-empty -f HEAD

(And of course, if you have other refs, you might want to rewrite everything with -- --all instead of just HEAD.)

Note that this isn’t compatible with --commit-filter; in that case, Charles Bailey has your answer.

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