From 950f3703b43035efea24e062324e9f0efb918971 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Benjamin Hackl Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2024 14:47:33 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] info / 3 --- readme.md | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md index 79aa2bc..8645abb 100644 --- a/readme.md +++ b/readme.md @@ -8,3 +8,14 @@ rebase, you can intervene in this process and rearrange the order; drop some commits; modify commit messages and file changes; squash some commits together -- or split them apart. + +This is one way to remove secrets that should never have been +added to the repository from the history again. Note that +if a remote is involved, this involves a forced push of +the rewritten branch (plus pruning / garbage collecting +on the server end, if you _really_ want it gone). In +addition, everyone with local copies of the repository +needs to replace their version with the one with the +rewritten history... a long and tedious process. + +But, in any case, we are here to learn!