+ [2019-04-20T21:49:55Z] canton7 birkoff, so on the PR page itself, the "source" will become "unknown" or similar
+ [2019-04-20T21:50:35Z] canton7 but github doesn't add any information to a commit which isn't part of git
+ [2019-04-20T21:51:03Z] canton7 so your name + email will remain in the commits you created, which were later merged
+ [2019-04-20T21:53:25Z] birkoff I see
+ [2019-04-20T22:24:04Z] deltab and that can't change because it affects the hash of that commit, and all commits that build upon it

message no. 171886

Posted by birkoff in #github at 2019-04-20T21:53:25Z

I see
+ [2019-04-21T04:42:12Z] i-make-robots what is the correct way to remove a file from a repo so that it never existed? I have a log file that was accidentally committed long ago. tho i put it in .gitignore it keeps tracking. I tried a few methods found on google and none have worked yet.
+ [2019-04-21T17:33:00Z] sdgathman i-make-robots: https://help.github.com/en/articles/removing-sensitive-data-from-a-repository
+ [2019-04-21T17:33:37Z] sdgathman If you don't mind it in history, just git rm
+ [2019-04-21T22:41:21Z] deltab git rm --cached to stop tracking it while keeping it in the work tree; however if will still get overwritten if you check out an older version
+ [2019-04-21T22:41:29Z] deltab ^it