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@stephenhardy
stephenhardy / git-clearHistory
Created April 26, 2013 22:14
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
@Chaser324
Chaser324 / GitHub-Forking.md
Last active July 22, 2024 14:45
GitHub Standard Fork & Pull Request Workflow

Whether you're trying to give back to the open source community or collaborating on your own projects, knowing how to properly fork and generate pull requests is essential. Unfortunately, it's quite easy to make mistakes or not know what you should do when you're initially learning the process. I know that I certainly had considerable initial trouble with it, and I found a lot of the information on GitHub and around the internet to be rather piecemeal and incomplete - part of the process described here, another there, common hangups in a different place, and so on.

In an attempt to coallate this information for myself and others, this short tutorial is what I've found to be fairly standard procedure for creating a fork, doing your work, issuing a pull request, and merging that pull request back into the original project.

Creating a Fork

Just head over to the GitHub page and click the "Fork" button. It's just that simple. Once you've done that, you can use your favorite git client to clone your repo or j

@goude
goude / cntlm-setup-win-lin.md
Created February 5, 2016 11:59
Minimal setup instructions for cntlm (Windows/Linux)

Minimal setup instructions for cntlm (Windows/Linux)

Problem

λ git clone https://github.com/mbostock/d3.git
Cloning into 'd3'...
fatal: unable to access 'https://github.com/mbostock/d3.git/':
Failed to connect to github.com port 443: Connection refused

Solution