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I did something similar once where I had to split one repository which I merged accidentally into two distinct ones. Interesting usage pattern though. :)

pi.
– pi.

2009-02-12 15:04:57 +00:00
Commented Feb 12, 2009 at 15:04
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Would this be the same as just: rm -f .git; git init; git add . ; git commit -m "Trash the history."

Pat Notz
– Pat Notz

2009-02-12 22:21:36 +00:00
Commented Feb 12, 2009 at 22:21
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Yes, it is the same only in my mp3 case. But sometimes you don't want to touch your branches and tags (no space reduction in public repositories) but you want to speed up a "git clone/fetch/pull" of only a branch (less space for dedicated-to-that-branch repositories).

Daniel Fanjul
– Daniel Fanjul

2009-02-13 12:50:30 +00:00
Commented Feb 13, 2009 at 12:50

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