erhs-53-hackers/housekeeping — comment on commit 73a26b06fb9c83815939d34006e62e1559cbaed6
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By ozzloy:

git doesn't work like this.
since you added the files, they will always be a part of history since the commits still exist in history.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3458685/how-can-i-completely-remove-a-file-from-a-git-repository

i'll do this at some point, when i have time. or you can mess around with it.

make an announcement when you do it though because everyone who has the parts of history with those files will have to do a git pull --force, or re clone.