Remove a directory from all previous commits

Question

Git Repo, there is a folder ABC with three files, all having spaces in the name file - 1.ext, file - 2.ext, and file - 3.ext.

Answer 1

Instead of using --index-filter, try with --tree-filter:

--tree-filter 
    This is the filter for rewriting the tree and its contents. The argument is
    evaluated in shell with the working directory set to the root of the
    checked out tree. The new tree is then used as-is
    (new files are auto-added, disappeared files are auto-removed -
    neither .gitignore files nor any other ignore rules HAVE ANY EFFECT!).

The commandline:

git filter-branch --tree-filter 'rm -rf path/to/ABC' \
  --prune-empty --tag-name-filter cat -- --all