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How to create a new orphan branch from existing repository (where new branch does not have former git commits history)
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git checkout --orphan <new-local-branch-name>
git add .
it commit -m "init commit - with no git history"
optional push to `origin` :
git push -u origin main // this will track new-local-branch-name with origin/main
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