installation

Commandes d'installation supplémentaires

macOS

Homebrewvérifié · 100%

brew install bfg

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsvérifié · 94%

sudo port install bfg

MacPorts ports tree · java/bfg/Portfile · Source: api.github.com

Windows

Scoopvérifié · 92%

scoop install main/bfg

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/bfg.json · Source: api.github.com

aperçu

Résumé du paquet

Remove large files or passwords from Git history like git-filter-branch

Liens du projet

Commandes et alias

bfg

historique

Historique du projet et usages

BFG Repo-Cleaner is a Scala/JVM command-line tool for removing large files, passwords, credentials, and other unwanted blobs from Git history. Its official positioning is as a simpler and much faster alternative to git-filter-branch for cleansing bad data from repositories.

Historique du projet

The official GitHub repository was created in December 2012. BFG's README and project site center on two core repository-cleaning jobs: stripping large blobs and replacing sensitive text across history.

Release history shows BFG maturing through the 2010s, including Git LFS support in v1.12.5 in 2015, Java 8 and Scala 2.12 support in v1.13.0 in 2018, Scala 2.13 in v1.14.0 in 2021, and v1.15.0 in January 2025.

Historique d'adoption

BFG became widely known because git-filter-branch was powerful but slow and difficult to use for common cleanup jobs. BFG narrowed the problem to the operations teams most often needed after accidentally committing giant artifacts or secrets, then packaged that workflow as a standalone executable.

The input records Homebrew, MacPorts, and Scoop packaging, matching BFG's cross-platform appeal: it is a Java-based tool that can be used from macOS, Linux, or Windows when a Git repository needs emergency cleanup.

Modes d'utilisation

Typical usage is on a mirror clone or bare repository, with commands such as stripping blobs above a size threshold or replacing text listed in a file. After BFG rewrites the repository objects, users still need the normal Git cleanup and force-push workflow expected after history rewriting.

Because it rewrites repository history, BFG is used deliberately: it is most valuable when a repository has already leaked bulky files or secrets and the team needs a repeatable cleanup tool rather than manual filter-branch scripting.

Pourquoi les passionnés de paquets s'y intéressent

BFG is package-nerd significant because it turned one of Git administration's ugliest chores into a memorable, packaged CLI. Before git-filter-repo became the modern upstream-recommended tool, BFG was the package many developers reached for when Git history got polluted.

Its design is a good example of a focused package beating a built-in general-purpose tool for a painful workflow: fewer knobs, better defaults for common cleanup cases, and performance claims strong enough to become part of the project's identity.

Chronologie

2012: Official repository created in December.
2015: v1.12.5 added Git LFS support.
2018: v1.13.0 moved to Scala 2.12 and Java 8.
2021: v1.14.0 updated to Scala 2.13.
2025: v1.15.0 released in January.

Related projects

Related projects include git-filter-branch, git-filter-repo, git lfs migrate, and secret-scanning tools such as Gitleaks or TruffleHog that may detect the problem before BFG is needed.

Sources

posture de sécurité

Niveau de risque : vert

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Classificateur de risque

risque vert · confiance faible · appliance

Pourquoi

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signaux

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Comportement d'installation

Aucun hook post-install Homebrew n’est enregistré dans les métadonnées de formule.
Les métadonnées de bottle Homebrew sont disponibles pour 1 plateformes.
S’installe avec 1 dépendances d’exécution.

Revue recommandée

Avant une utilisation sans surveillance par un agent, vérifiez si l'outil lit des identifiants en clair, écrit un état distant, publie des artefacts ou lance des plugins.

exécutables

Exécutables installés

Commande	Type	Exposition	Note
`bfg`	cli	exécutable global

fraîcheur

Version et fraîcheur

Ces signaux séparent l'âge de génération de la page, l'activité du gestionnaire de paquets et la comparaison avec les versions amont. Un retard de version n'est signalé que lorsqu'une URL de preuve et des versions comparables sont présentes.

page générée2026-07-25

version du gestionnaire1.15.0

gestionnaire mis à jour

données localesOK

amontnot checked

dernière version détectéenon détecté

https://rtyley.github.io/bfg-repo-cleaner/

infoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.confiance faible
infoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://rtyley.github.io/bfg-repo-cleaner/confiance none

métadonnées d'installation

Métadonnées du paquet

Clé du paquet	brew:bfg
Version	1.15.0
Gestionnaire de paquets	Homebrew
Page du gestionnaire de paquets	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/bfg
Page d'accueil	https://rtyley.github.io/bfg-repo-cleaner/
Dépôt	https://github.com/rtyley/bfg-repo-cleaner
Docs amont	https://rtyley.github.io/bfg-repo-cleaner
Licence	GPL-3.0-or-later
Archive source	https://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=com/madgag/bfg/1.15.0/bfg-1.15.0.jar
Dépendances	openjdk
Bouteille	disponible (sur all)
post-install Homebrew	non défini
Service	aucun déclaré

faits du registre

Détails de la base source

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	bfg
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	stable

correspondances dans les bases sources

Autres enregistrements de gestionnaires de paquets

Les correspondances proviennent d’index externes de gestionnaires de paquets et restent séparées des liens de paquets Automic Vault locaux.

MacPorts95%

bfg

sudo port install bfg

normalized package name match
Correspondance par : Bfg

MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: java/bfg/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

Scoop95%

main/bfg

scoop install main/bfg

normalized package name match
Correspondance par : Bfg

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/bfg.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

graphe de paquets

Les liens viennent du graphe local de relations entre paquets, des suppléments, des dépendances, des correspondances d'écosystèmes et de l'appartenance aux hubs.

piste source

Généré depuis les données du dépôt

Cette page est servie par av-web depuis l'artéfact SQLite privé des paquets généré par scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/bfg.yml

Sources utilisées

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

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