Clear out the history of a git repository

Git

Steps to clean out the commits history of a git repository

# Remove the .git directory
rm -rf .git

# Recreate a new repo with the current content
git init
git add .
git commit -m "Initial commit message"

# Push to remote
git remote add origin git@github.com:<YOUR_ACCOUNT>/<YOUR_REPO>.git
git push -u --force origin master

to pull from an already cloned repo:

git pull origin master --allow-unrelated-histories