...Which has got to be better than Bash scripting at least some of the time. The BFG will update your commits and all branches and tags so they are clean, but it doesn't physically delete the unwanted stuff. Examine the repo to make sure your history has been updated, and then use the standard git gc command to strip out the unwanted dirty data.
...Generate partition assignments with option to select brokers to use. Run reassignment of partition (based on generated assignments). Create a topic with optional topic configs (0.8.1.1 has different configs than 0.8.2+). Delete topic (only supported on 0.8.2+ and remember set delete.topic.enable=true in broker config). Topic list now indicates topics marked for deletion (only supported on 0.8.2+). Batch generate partition assignments for multiple topics with option to select brokers to use. Optionally enable JMX polling for broker level and topic level metrics. ...