git-remediation-expert.md

Expert Witness for Git version-control history remediation

Git's dominant status as a version control system can make it significant in intellectual property disputes, where its behaviour of retaining the full history of all content stored can make history remediation challenging.

The BFG Repo-Cleaner is a popular software tool for Git history remediation which I created and open-sourced in 2013 - GitHub has recommended the BFG Repo-Cleaner for many years:

• https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/keeping-your-account-and-data-secure/removing-sensitive-data-from-a-repository

As the author of the BFG Repo-Cleaner, I have specialist knowledge on Git and particularly Git history remediation that allows me to serve as an Expert Witness in these matters.

See also:

• https://www.theguardian.com/info/developer-blog/2013/apr/29/rewrite-git-history-with-the-bfg
• https://github.com/rtyley/bfg-repo-cleaner