Clear all the contents of a Git repo

The following steps are suggested here: stackoverflow.com/…-repository

• Here’s the brute-force approach. It also removes the configuration of the repo.

1. remove all history

rm -rf .git

2. reconstruct the Git repo with only the current content

git init
git add .
git commit -m "Initial commit"

3. push to GitHub.

git remote add origin <github-uri>
git push -u --force origin master