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Add the steps to remove "refs/github-services" refs (#53205)
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Co-authored-by: Matt Rose <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Vanessa <[email protected]>
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After using either the BFG tool or `git filter-repo` to remove the sensitive data and pushing your changes to {% data variables.product.product_name %}, you must take a few more steps to fully remove the data from {% data variables.product.product_name %}.

{% ifversion ghec %}
1. If the repository was migrated using the {% data variables.product.prodname_importer_proper_name %}, there may be some non-standard Git references that follow the pattern `refs/github-services`, that neither the BFG tool or `git filter-repo` can remove. In this case, remove those references running the following commands in your local copy of the repository:

```shell
# fetch all refs
git ls-remote | grep refs/github-services | cut -f2 | sort -t'/' -k3,4n > github-services-refs.txt
# inspect and validate refs to be deleted
cat github-services-refs.txt
# delete refs in batches
export BATCH_SIZE=512
cat github-services-refs.txt | xargs -n $BATCH_SIZE git push origin --delete
```

{% endif %}

1. Contact {% data variables.contact.contact_support %}, and ask to remove cached views and references to the sensitive data in pull requests on {% data variables.product.product_name %}. Please provide the name of the repository and/or a link to the commit you need removed.{% ifversion ghes %} For more information about how site administrators can remove unreachable Git objects, see "[AUTOTITLE](/admin/configuration/configuring-your-enterprise/command-line-utilities#ghe-repo-gc)." For more information about how site administrators can identify reachable commits, see "[Identifying reachable commits](#identifying-reachable-commits)."{% endif %}{% ifversion fpt or ghec %}

> [!IMPORTANT] {% data variables.contact.github_support %} won't remove non-sensitive data, and will only assist in the removal of sensitive data in cases where we determine that the risk can't be mitigated by rotating affected credentials.
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