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# Delete your git history

Taken from here: <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13716658/how-to-delete-all-commit-history-in-github>

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`