Auto-update: Tue Jul 30 20:47:09 PDT 2024

gitpurge

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Ensure we're in a git repository
+if ! git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+    echo "Error: This script must be run inside a Git repository."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Get the current branch name
+current_branch=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
+
+# Switch to the main branch
+git checkout main
+
+# Get a list of all files that have ever existed in the repository
+all_files=$(git log --pretty=format: --name-only --diff-filter=A | sort -u)
+
+# Get a list of files that currently exist in the repository
+current_files=$(git ls-files)
+
+# Find files that no longer exist
+files_to_remove=$(comm -23 <(echo "$all_files") <(echo "$current_files"))
+
+# If there are no files to remove, exit
+if [ -z "$files_to_remove" ]; then
+    echo "No files to remove."
+    git checkout "$current_branch"
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+# Create a new branch for our changes
+new_branch="cleanup-$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S)"
+git checkout -b "$new_branch"
+
+# Remove the files from all commits
+git filter-branch --force --index-filter \
+    'git rm --cached --ignore-unmatch $(cat <<EOF
+'"$files_to_remove"'
+EOF
+)' \
+    --prune-empty --tag-name-filter cat -- --all
+
+# Force push the changes
+git push origin "$new_branch" --force
+
+# Switch back to the original branch
+git checkout "$current_branch"
+
+echo "Cleanup complete. New branch '$new_branch' has been created and pushed."
+echo "Please review the changes in '$new_branch' before merging into main."
+