Git Filter Repo

git-filter-repo Plugin

A versatile tool for rewriting Git repository history — fast, Python-based replacement for git filter-branch.

Commands

Information

• git-filter-repo self version — Print git-filter-repo version

Analysis

• git-filter-repo analyze run — Analyze repository history to prepare for filtering

Path Operations

• git-filter-repo path remove — Remove files/folders from Git history
• git-filter-repo path keep — Keep only specified files/folders in Git history

History Operations

• git-filter-repo email replace — Replace email addresses in Git history
• git-filter-repo commit strip-blobs — Strip blobs bigger than a given size from Git history
• git-filter-repo message replace — Replace text in commit messages across Git history

Passthrough

• git-filter-repo _ _ — Passthrough to git-filter-repo CLI

Usage Examples

• "git-filter-repo --analyze"
• "git-filter-repo --path secrets.txt --invert-paths"
• "git-filter-repo --path src/ --path tests/"
• "git-filter-repo --strip-blobs-bigger-than 10M"
• "git-filter-repo --email-callback 'email.replace(b"@old.com", b"@new.com")'"
• "git-filter-repo --message-callback 'message.replace(b"WIP", b"feat")'"

Installation

pip3 install --user git-filter-repo
# Or on macOS:
brew install git-filter-repo

Key Features

• git
• history-rewriting
• filter-branch
• cleanup
• migration