newren/git-filter-repo

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13188 stars · 998 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

git-filter-repo is a fast, versatile tool for rewriting Git repository history, recommended by the Git project as a replacement for git filter-branch. It works as a single-file Python CLI script and also provides a library for building custom history-rewriting tools.

Use cases

• remove large files or secrets from git history
• rewrite commit history of a git repository
• replace git filter-branch with a faster alternative
• clean sensitive data out of a repo before open-sourcing
• rename or move files across all commits
• build custom git history rewriting scripts

When to choose

• you need to rewrite large repository history quickly
• git filter-branch is too slow or limited
• you want the tool officially recommended by the Git project
• you need programmatic history rewriting via a Python library

When to avoid

• you only need to undo recent commits (use git reset or rebase)
• you want an interactive rebase of a few commits
• you cannot rewrite history because the repo is shared without coordination

Facets

cli-tool · maturity stable

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