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git: clear history of repository

### Remove the history from 
rm -rf .git

### recreate the repos from the current content only
git init
git add .
git commit -m "initial commit"

### push to the github remote repos ensuring you overwrite history
git remote add origin https://github.com/ACCOUNT/REPO.git
git push -u --force origin main

source: https://gist.github.com/stephenhardy/5470814