Find commits that modify file names matching a pattern in a GIT repository

Question

I\'d like to find commits in my code base that add video files to throw them out. Is there a way to look for these files in git ?

For example let\'s say all videos have

Answer 1

If you want to remove these files from all your commits, consider rewriting the entire history with the filter-branch command. E.g.,

git filter-branch --index-filter 'git rm --cached --ignore-unmatch -r *.wml' HEAD