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  1. anmolnagpal created this gist Aug 24, 2019.
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    -- 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 [email protected]:<YOUR ACCOUNT>/<YOUR REPOS>.git
    git push -u --force origin master