---
name: "git-obliterate"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "git-extras"
version: "7.3.0-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/git-obliterate"
---

# git-obliterate(1)

rewrite past commits to remove some files

## NAME

**git-obliterate** - rewrite past commits to remove some files

## SYNOPSIS

git obliterate \<files...\> \[-- \<rev-list options...\>\]

## DESCRIPTION

Completely remove some files from the repository, including past commits and tags. WARNING! This command will rewrite the history similar to **git rebase**(though it affects more). The rewritten history will have different object names for all the objects and will not converge with the original branch. So **avoid using it on commits that you shared**. And it will mess up stash, so **don't have stash when you run git obliterate**.

## OPTIONS

You can pass rev-list options to indicate the range of commits affected. Those options need to be separated with '--' before them. Run **git help rev-list** to see the acceptable options.

## Examples

Remove .secret from the repository:

-

  ```
  $ git obliterate .secret
  ```

-

  Remove .secret from commits between origin and feature:

-

  ```
  $ git obliterate .secret -- feature ^origin
  ```

-

  Remove .secret from commit abcdefg to commit 1234567

-

  ```
  $ git obliterate .secret -- abcdefg..1234567
  ```

-

  ## AUTHOR

Written by \<*brianloveswords@gmail.com*\>

## REPORTING BUG

\<*https://github.com/tj/git-extras/issues*\>

## SEE ALSO

\<*https://github.com/tj/git-extras*\>