# Reset-repository

## Links

* [Remove all history from a GitHub repository](https://freek.dev/1547-remove-all-history-from-a-github-repository)
* [Squash all Git commits with git squash-all](https://www.bram.us/2020/01/16/squash-all-git-commits-with-git-squash-all/)

## clone the repo (skip if you already have a cloned repo locally)

git clone <git@github.com>:USERNAME/REPOSITORY.git cd REPOSITORY

## remove all history locally

rm -rf .git

## create a new local repo

git init

## add everything

git add . git commit -m "First commit"

## nuke history on GitHub (irreversable)

git remote add origin <git@github.com>:USERNAME/REPOSITORY.git git push -u --force origin master