Short: remove Large files from a git commit

I goofed up, this is more for me to come back to this when I do it again next week 😆

[evolutionxbox]

I would use:

git reset --soft HEAD^2

then remove the file and recommit, but rebasing is also useful.

[SkyKosiner]

This is first time I ever used git rebase I acutely needed to find a way to do this and was just browsing twitter and saw your tweet 🤣. Great video glad to see your back with a video

[jonathann-gs]

still works like a charm in 2024, much thanks!

[magno]

Git rebase doesn't delete the original commits that you squash. They still live in your storage. Eventually though, they will be garbage collected by git. I don't remember how long it stays on but maybe 1 month later?

[petrzajkas]

stack to this issue since yesterday and couldn't fix, looks like this might finaly work. Many thanks!

[JeffSchaper]

My boss was just asking about this type of thing. Thanks Wes!

[rbereziuk]

Cool trick Wes, thanks. One more reason to learn rebase more deeply. Btw, what is a cool autosuggestion tool for git you use?

[gersonadr]

This was SUPER helpful, thanks. I should use git rebase more often.

[musj.]

annoyning issue, wish I'd seen your video sooner. New to git so tried different commands like refilter, reset and even tried pushing to a new repo but nothing worked.

[yuzaR-Data-Science]

thanks Wes, helped to remove the commits!

[EternalCoders]

Hey 👋
Love from 🇮🇳 India
I have a question
How can I remove vs code syncing settings from my GitHub account

[tdkiran]

Y not ‘git reset —hard origin branch-name’?

[marcxA]

I had the same error with parcel caché xD
Thank you very much

[pquirke]

Great useful video, thanks.

What theme are you using for hyper?

[coolorphans]

Wes Bos, I think the main problem here is you're using Twitter.

[soffi]

What if I'm not sure which commit has the large file ? Please help 🥺

[emaxix]

What powers the intellisense in your terminal?

[MrBeknacktoman]

GitHub sucks. All the help you find online reads basically like "Just follow these instructions written in mandarin chinese" if you only used the desktop app which apparently doesn't have a function to remove a large file you commit by accident? So you have to use the shittiest text editor ever and learn all these commands. Just dumb.