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Steps to clear out the history of a git/github repository
-- Remove the history from
rm -rf .git
-- recreate the repos from the current content only
git init
git add .
git commit -m "Initial commit"
-- push to the github remote repos ensuring you overwrite history
git remote add origin git@github.com:<YOUR ACCOUNT>/<YOUR REPOS>.git
exemplo: git remote add origin git@github.com:felipendc/vicyos-repo.git
git push -u --force origin master
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## SCRIPT PARA VICYOS REPO!!! ##
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rm -rf .git
git init
git add .
git commit -m "Initial commit"
git remote add origin git@github.com:felipendc/vicyos-repo.git
git push -u --force origin master
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