Removing large binary blobs in the git tree

March 20, 2024

Git filter-repo is a filter-branch replacement for rewriting history written in a single-file python script.

To wipe large binary files entirely:

git filter-repo --strip-blobs-bigger-than 100M

Bonus: Remove sensitive content

git filter-repo --use-base-name --path id_dsa --path id_rsa --invert-paths

git filter-repo --replace-text passwords.txt

Last updated on February 27, 2026