git-remediation-expert.md

Expert Witness for Git version-control history remediation

The Git version control system can take a significant role in intellectual property disputes and compliance. Git's 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