git-filter-repo

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  "github_readme_excerpt": "git filter-repo is a versatile tool for rewriting history, which includes\n[capabilities I have not found anywhere\nelse](#design-rationale-behind-filter-repo).  It roughly falls into the\nsame space of tool as [git\nfilter-branch](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-filter-branch) but without the\ncapitulation-inducing poor\n[performance](https://public-inbox.org/git/CABPp-BGOz8nks0+Tdw5GyGqxeYR-3FF6FT5JcgVqZDYVRQ6qog@mail.gmail.com/),\nwith far more capabilities, and with a design that scales usability-wise\nbeyond trivial rewriting cases.  [git filter-repo is now recommended by the\ngit project](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-filter-branch#_warning) instead\nof git filter-branch.\n\nWhile most users will probably just use filter-repo as a simple command\nline tool (and likely only use a few of its flags), at its core filter-repo\ncontains a library for creating history rewriting tools.  As such, users\nwith specialized needs can leverage it to quickly create [entirely new\nhistory rewriting tools](contrib/filter-repo-demos).\n\n# Table of Contents\n\n  * [Prerequisites](#prerequisites)\n  * [How do I install it?](#how-do-i-install-it)\n  * [How do I use it?](#how-do-i-use-it)\n  * [Why filter-repo instead of other alternatives?](#why-filter-repo-instead-of-other-alternatives)\n    * [filter-branch](#filter-branch)\n    * [BFG Repo Cleaner](#bfg-repo-cleaner)\n  * [Simple example, with comparisons](#simple-example-with-comparisons)\n    * [Solving this with filter-repo](#solving-this-with-filter-repo)\n    * [Solving this with BFG Repo Cleaner](#solving-this-with-bfg-repo-cleaner)\n    * [Solving this with filter-branch](#solving-this-with-filter-branch)\n    * [Solving this with fast-export/fast-import](#solving-this-with-fast-exportfast-import)\n  * [Design rationale behind filter-repo](#design-rationale-behind-filter-repo)\n  * [How do I contribute?](#how-do-i-contribute)\n  * [Is there a Code of Conduct?](#is-there-a-code-of-conduct)\n  * [Upstream Improvements](#upstream-improvements)\n\n# Prerequisites",
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  "one_liner": "Python tool for rapidly rewriting Git repository history with filtering, cleaning, and structural transformations.",
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  "why_use_this": "Replaces the deprecated git filter-branch with much faster performance and broader capabilities for removing secrets, large files, sensitive data, or restructuring repos at scale. Includes a library API for building custom history-rewriting tools beyond simple command-line use. Official Git project recommendation over filter-branch."
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