gitlab-to-github-remove-history.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Get the current remote URL
remote_url=$(git config remote.origin.url)

# Get account and repo name from remote URL
account=$(echo $remote_url | cut -d/ -f4)
repo=$(echo $remote_url | cut -d/ -f5 | cut -d. -f1)

# Construct the GitHub URL
github_url="https://github.com/$account/$repo.git"

# Remove the history
rm -rf .git

# Recreate the repository from the current content only
git init
git add .
git commit -m "Initial commit"

# Add the converted GitHub URL as the new origin
git remote add origin $github_url

# Pull any changes from the remote repository
git pull origin master

# Push to the GitHub remote repository
git push -u origin master