Note_Tech

All technological notes.

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Lab: Reset GitHub Repo

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• Lab: Reset GitHub Repo
  • Backup repo
  • Re-init
  • Manage remote branch

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Backup repo

# pull remote repo
git pull

# back up
cp repo_dir remote_dir

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Re-init

# remove .git
# linux
rm -rf .git

# windows
Remove-Item -Recurse -Force .git

# init
git init

# update git ignore
touch .gitignore

# add and commit
git status
git add .
git commit -m "Initial clean commit"

# add remote
git remote add origin remote_url
git remote -v

git status
git branch -M main
# Force-push to GitHub
git push -u origin main --force

# confirm in log:
git log --oneline
# a6e1b1f (HEAD -> main, origin/main) Initial clean commit

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Manage remote branch

# view branches:
git branch -r

# Delete a remote brach
git push origin --delete testing

delete old branches/tags on GitHub