Re: Removing commited versions from git history
On 28/02/13 21:29, "Morel Bérenger" wrote:
> Le Jeu 28 février 2013 3:53, T o n g a écrit :
>> Hi,
>>
>>
>> I want to permanently delete an old revision (or revisions) of single
>> file from Git. Specifically, I want to delete from my public git server
>> repo my initial published version of one single file, but keep the rest of
>> its revisions. How can I do that?
>
> I'm sorry, I can not reply to your question, but, I was wondering, what is
> the reason to remove the first version of a file from the history of a git
> repository?
> It sounds like a bit against normal use of VCS in my mind...
A guess: the original version used code with an inappropriate (even
non-free) licence? Some legal reason seems most likely to me.
Of course, it could just be embarrassment over having written crap code
(or whatever) :-)
Richard
Reply to: