https://github.com/rtyley/bfg-repo-cleaner

Removes large or troublesome blobs like git-filter-branch does, but faster. And written in Scala
https://github.com/rtyley/bfg-repo-cleaner

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Removes large or troublesome blobs like git-filter-branch does, but faster. And written in Scala

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/rtyley/bfg-repo-cleaner
• Owner: rtyley
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2012-12-21T00:14:20.000Z (over 12 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2025-01-19T18:52:14.000Z (3 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-04-01T16:29:16.516Z (13 days ago)
• Topics: git
• Language: Scala
• Homepage: https://rtyley.github.io/bfg-repo-cleaner/
• Size: 1.9 MB
• Stars: 11,419
• Watchers: 104
• Forks: 554
• Open Issues: 271
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
  • License: LICENSE

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README

        
BFG Repo-Cleaner 

================

[![CI](https://github.com/rtyley/bfg-repo-cleaner/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/rtyley/bfg-repo-cleaner/actions/workflows/ci.yml)

[![Release](https://github.com/rtyley/bfg-repo-cleaner/actions/workflows/release.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/rtyley/bfg-repo-cleaner/actions/workflows/release.yml)

_Removes large or troublesome blobs like git-filter-branch does, but faster - and written in Scala_ - [Fund the BFG](https://j.mp/fund-bfg)

```

$ bfg --strip-blobs-bigger-than 1M --replace-text banned.txt repo.git

```

The BFG is a simpler, faster ([10 - 720x](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AsR1d5Zpes8HdER3VGU1a3dOcmVHMmtzT2dsS2xNenc) faster)

alternative to `git-filter-branch` for cleansing bad data out of your Git repository:

* Removing **Crazy Big Files**

* Removing **Passwords, Credentials** & other **Private data**

Main documentation for The BFG is here : **https://rtyley.github.io/bfg-repo-cleaner/**