How can I delete everything from GIT repository, so that no one can see any history?
If you ask why I want to do that. For security reasons, I need to protect the code into another server.
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- probably something along the lines of going to the first commit, amending it to put nothing in it, then push --force.njzk2– njzk22014-02-28 17:58:46 +00:00Commented Feb 28, 2014 at 17:58
- See also stackoverflow.com/questions/18112966/… (How to delete/purge/remove all history/commits/references/branches from a remote Git repo?)tobiasvl– tobiasvl2014-02-28 17:59:17 +00:00Commented Feb 28, 2014 at 17:59
- Could someone give me detailed steps? Sorry, I'm new to GIT.mohamede1945– mohamede19452014-02-28 18:05:06 +00:00Commented Feb 28, 2014 at 18:05
- Possible duplicate of How to delete/purge/remove all history/commits/references/branches from a remote Git repo?, and Delete all files and history from remote Git repo without deleting repo itself.user456814– user4568142014-04-20 18:31:57 +00:00Commented Apr 20, 2014 at 18:31
- Note that if you're doing this for security reasons, e.g. removing sensitive data, then all of that data will still exist on the remote repo as dangling commits, until garbage collection is run on the remote repo.user456814– user4568142014-07-22 03:21:12 +00:00Commented Jul 22, 2014 at 3:21
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THIS WILL DELETE ALL COMMITS AND HISTORY IN YOUR REMOTE REPOSITORY. MAKE SURE THIS IS WHAT YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE CONTINUING.
Create a new, empty directory
In this directory,
git initgit remote add origin remote-url(replace remote-url with the remote repo you will be deleting)Need to create an initial commit so:
touch .emptygit add .emptygit commitgit push origin --mirror
If anyone clones your remote repository, they will clone a tiny repository that only contains .empty. Note that while your git refs will be unreachable from any commit, they still exist on the server until git gc is run on the server end. If you're hosting with GitHub or BitBucket, this is done periodically. But, if that's the case, just delete the repository.
