# 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 master$ git rm --cached giant_file
# Stage our giant file for removal, but leave it on disk
$ git commit --amend -CHEAD
# Amend the previous commit with your change
# Simply making a new commit won't work, as you need
# to remove the file from the unpushed history as well
Deleting the .git folder may cause problems in your git repository. If you want to delete all your commit history but keep the code in its current state, it is very safe to do it as in the following:
1. Checkout
git checkout --orphan latest_branch
2. Add all the files
git add -A
3. Commit the changes
git commit -am "commit message"
4. Delete the branch
git branch -D main
5. Rename the current branch to main
git branch -m main
6. Finally, force update your repository
git push -f origin main
PS: this will not keep your old commit history aroundgit filter-branch --index-filter
'git rm -rf --cached --ignore-unmatch path_to_file' HEADgit reset --hard ABC
git push --force
# Go back to specified commit and delete every commit forward