[Git] how to remove file and commit from history(如何移除 commit 歷史紀錄)

今天在 commit 程式碼到 github 網站，不小心把 Plurk 帳號密碼給 commit 上去，發生這種事情，所以趕快上網查了一下如何移除 commit 歷史紀錄：假設我們的 commit tree 如下：

R–A–B–C–D–E–HEAD 接下來要移除 B 跟 C 的 commit tree，變成

R–A–D’–E–HEAD 有兩種方式可以移除 B & C

# detach head and move to D commit
git checkout 

# move HEAD to A, but leave the index and working tree as for D
git reset --soft 

# Redo the D commit re-using the commit message, but now on top of A
git commit -C 

# Re-apply everything from the old D onwards onto this new place 
git rebase --onto HEAD  master

# push it
git push --force

另一種方法是利用 cherry-pick 方式

git rebase --hard 
git cherry-pick 
git cherry-pick

這會直接忽略 B 跟 C 的 history，詳細資料可以查詢 git help cherry-pick 或者是 git help rebase 參考：

Git: removing selected commits from repository Git: how to remove file and commit from history Re: ! [rejected] master -> master (non-fast forward)

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