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Priyank Bolia
Priyank Bolia

Reputation: 14433

Git: How to reset a remote Git repository to remove all commits?

How can I reset a remote and local Git repository to remove all commits?

I would like to start fresh with the current Head as the initial commit.

Upvotes: 214

Views: 203866

Answers (4)

0x8D
0x8D

Reputation: 46

You can use this command instead of deleting .git file

git remote remove origin

Upvotes: 0

Konstantinos Nikoloutsos
Konstantinos Nikoloutsos

Reputation: 2180

Were I you I would do something like this:

Before doing anything please keep a copy (better safe than sorry) 

git checkout master
git checkout -b temp 
git reset --hard <sha-1 of your first commit> 
git add .
git commit -m 'Squash all commits in single one'
git push origin temp

After doing that you can delete other branches.

Result: You are going to have a branch with only 2 commits.

Use git log --oneline to see your commits in a minimalistic way and to find SHA-1 for commits!

Upvotes: 3

Lilith River
Lilith River

Reputation: 16468

Completely reset?

  1. Delete the .git directory locally.

  2. Recreate the git repostory:

    $ cd (project-directory)
$ git init
$ (add some files)
$ git add .
$ git commit -m 'Initial commit'

  3. Push to remote server, overwriting. Remember you're going to mess everyone else up doing this … you better be the only client.

    $ git remote add origin <url>
$ git push --force --set-upstream origin master

Upvotes: 439

R. Martinho Fernandes
R. Martinho Fernandes

Reputation: 234354

First, follow the instructions in this question to squash everything to a single commit. Then make a forced push to the remote:

$ git push origin +master

And optionally delete all other branches both locally and remotely:

$ git push origin :<branch>
$ git branch -d <branch>

Upvotes: 7

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