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How to remove big (>100MB) file from a GitHub repository and push successfully?

Even though you have removed the file in the latest commit you still have a copy of it in your history. I think you’re going to want to remove it from git completely. You’ll probably want to rebase it out. To find out when you introduced it you could do: git log –reverse -n1 doc/image.eps … Read more

How to substitute text from files in git history?

I’d recommend using the BFG Repo-Cleaner, a simpler, faster alternative to git-filter-branch specifically designed for rewriting files from Git history. You should carefully follow these steps here: https://rtyley.github.io/bfg-repo-cleaner/#usage – but the core bit is just this: download the BFG’s jar (requires Java 7 or above) and run this command: $ java -jar bfg.jar –replace-text replacements.txt … Read more