How to exclude binary file from remote git repo?

Question

I commited and pushed binary file to git repo. Actually I don't wan't this file in git repo, I was needed to add it to LFS.

So, firstly question is - how to exclude this file from remote git tracking?

Answer 1

1. Add it to your .gitignore file and don't forget to commit the file :-)

   • You can use this site: http://gtiignore.io to generate the .gitignore for you and add the required path to your binary files/folder(s)

2. Once you added the file to .gitignore you can remove the "old" binary file with BFG.

Important:

Since the file is already tracked by git, unless you will remove it from history (ex. BFG) you need to remove it manually and commit your changes.

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How to remove big files from the repository

You can use git filter-branch or BFG. https://rtyley.github.io/bfg-repo-cleaner/

BFG Repo-Cleaner

an alternative to git-filter-branch.

The BFG is a simpler, faster alternative to git-filter-branch for cleansing bad data out of your Git repository history:

* Removing Crazy Big Files*
* Removing Passwords, Credentials & other Private data

Examples (from the official site)

In all these examples bfg is an alias for java -jar bfg.jar.

# Delete all files named 'id_rsa' or 'id_dsa' :
bfg --delete-files id_{dsa,rsa}  my-repo.git