Deleting the .git folder may cause problems in our git repository. If we want to delete all of our commits history, but keep the code in its current state, try this:
# Before start, disable all branch protections related to the manipulated branchs.
# Check out to a temporary branch:
git checkout --orphan TEMP_BRANCH
# Add all the files:
git add -A
# Commit the changes:
git commit -am "Initial commit"
# Delete the old branch:
git branch -D main
# Rename the temporary branch to main:
git branch -m main
# Finally, force update to our repository:
git push -f origin main
This will not keep our old commits history around. But if this doesn't work, try the next method below.
# Clone the project, e.g. `myproject` is my project repository:
git clone https://github/heiswayi/myproject.git
# Since all of the commits history are in the `.git` folder, we have to remove it:
cd myproject
# And delete the `.git` folder:
git rm -rf .git
# Now, re-initialize the repository:
git init
git remote add origin https://github.com/heiswayi/myproject.git
git remote -v
# Add all the files and commit the changes:
git add --all
git commit -am "Initial commit"
# Force push update to the master branch of our project repository:
git push -f origin main
NOTE: You might need to provide the credentials for your GitHub account.