How to Install and Uninstall git-filter-repo Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "git-filter-repo" package

This tutorial shows how to install git-filter-repo on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                git-filter-repo
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "git-filter-repo" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall git-filter-repo on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                git-filter-repo
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the git-filter-repo package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: git-filter-repo
Architecture: all
Version: 2.29.0-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/vcs
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Python Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 339
Depends: git (>= 2.22), python3:any
Filename: pool/universe/g/git-filter-repo/git-filter-repo_2.29.0-1_all.deb
Size: 115652
MD5sum: 8c5cc41c3edfed2b2e42801c4997dd22
SHA1: 26614e186614becd4b8277fbd4c3eb7dcbafc776
SHA256: 805c5a3219cb37419162fcb24aabef8b6ca615df5427df92f9a0cb4a2d81678d
SHA512: d012ca3b3a214bfb3971f139b6b93430681312be9a8b139c789ce3ef477777402715b84d6622722f51851c97b444a801666587e25c766284f2135a29aa9d6c7b
Homepage: https://github.com/newren/git-filter-repo
Description-en: Quickly rewrite git repository history
git filter-repo is a versatile tool for rewriting history, which includes
capabilities not found anywhere else. It roughly falls into the
same space of tool as git filter-branch but without the capitulation-inducing
poor performance, with far more capabilities, and with a design that scales
usability-wise beyond trivial rewriting cases. git filter-repo is now
recommended by the git project instead of git filter-branch.
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While most users will probably just use filter-repo as a simple command
line tool (and likely only use a few of its flags), at its core filter-repo
contains a library for creating history rewriting tools. As such, users
with specialized needs can leverage it to quickly create entirely new
history rewriting tools.
Description-md5: 7bbfa4ee999d47cf3237015208223c7e