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Remove git history and preserve submodules
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git_remove_history.sh
# Taken from http://stackoverflow.com/a/13102849
git checkout --orphan newBranch
git add -A # Add all files and commit them
git commit
git branch -D master # Deletes the master branch
git branch -m master # Rename the current branch to master
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