Regarding git filter-branch, that big warning does point you to try git filter-repo [1] instead. In my experience, every case that I've need git filter-branch f

Regarding git filter-branch, that big warning does point you to try git filter-repo [1] instead. In my experience, every case that I've need git filter-branch for (or BFG for a bit) has been handled easily and well (including performance-wise) by git filter-repo. Don't let the fact that it needs Python and is still a separate download from the git suite (in part because it needs Python and that is not otherwise a git suite dependency) dissuade you from using an easier and faster alternative to git filter-branch. [1] https://github.com/newren/git-filter-repo https://github.com/newren/git-filter-repo