BFG Repo Cleaner is both faster and easier to use than using git filter-branch. It handles simple use cases for editing sensitive information in git.
Invoking BFG
BFG is a .jar file that is invoked from the command line using java.
$ java -jar path/to/bfg.jar
Invoking BFG this way can become tedious...
Easier way to reference BFG?
To simplify it, consider creating an alias
.bashrc
...
alias bfg='java -jar path/to/bfg.jar'
BFG is now invokable from the command line in any directory:
$ bfg ...
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