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EPISODE · Jun 17, 2026 · 15 MIN

Getting Started With Git Reflog

from Web Dev with Matt · host Matthew Setter

Git Reflog shows you a lot about what's going on in your Git repositories, and let's you clean them up better than other commands can. For this reason, and because I have been known to accidentally include things in commits that I need to purge, I'm coming to love this command. So, in this episode I'm going to give you a good introduction to the command, and step you through how I completely removed a commit from a repository I was working on recently, so that no one could ever recover an image that I'd committed with an unredacted credential. Links from the episode BFG Repo-Cleaner Git Reflog Git Log Git plumbing and porcelain The blog post where I go into greater detail about using Git Reflog Want to grow your knowledge further? Check out the books below, where you can grow your web development skills in a very focused, very hands-on way. Deploy with Docker Compose Mezzio Essentials Hosted and produced in Bundaberg by: Matthew Setter. Website: https://matthewsetter.com. Follow me on: LinkedIn. If you like the podcast, and want to support it, how about buying me a coffee? ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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