bfg-repo-cleaner
A command-line tool that removes large or unwanted files, such as leaked passwords or big binaries, from Git history. It does the same job as git-filter-branch but faster.
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Overview
BFG Repo-Cleaner is a command-line tool, written in Scala, for cleaning bad data out of a Git repository's history. It does the same job as git-filter-branch but is simpler to use and faster. Typical uses are removing very large files and stripping passwords, credentials or other private data that was committed by mistake.
Key features
- Strips blobs larger than a chosen size
- Replaces banned text such as passwords using a list file
- Simpler alternative to git-filter-branch
- Runs from the command line against a repository
Best for
Anyone who has committed huge files or secrets to Git and needs them gone from history. The full usage guide is on the project's documentation site.
- Upstream
- rtyley/bfg-repo-cleaner
- Fork on GitHub
- Guo-astro/bfg-repo-cleaner
- Upstream stars
- 12k
- Category
- Developer tools and infrastructure
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Forked
- 2025-11-26
- Sync status
- In syncLast synced 2026-10-10
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