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Deleting Secrets from a Git repository

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Step 1: Use the filter-branch command

git filter-branch --force --index-filter \
  "git rm --cached --ignore-unmatch <PATH-TO-YOUR-FILE-WITH-SENSITIVE-DATA>" \
  --prune-empty --tag-name-filter cat -- --all

Step 2: Push your local changes to a remote repository

git push origin --force

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