Use case

• A repository that hosts a static website.

Steps

Creating a new branch

1

git checkout --orphan latest_branch

Adding files to the new branch

1
2

git add -A
git commit -am "update"

Deleting the old branch

1

git branch -D main

Renaming the new branch

1

git branch -m main

Force push to the remote repository

1

git push -f origin master

References

• How can I delete old commits in Github via terminal? | Usama Baig, zx485