Steps to clear out the history of a git/github repository

git-clearHistory

-- 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 [email protected]:<YOUR ACCOUNT>/<YOUR REPOS>.git
git push -u --force origin master

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Save yourself a world of pain and use main as default branch... blame Github monopoly for causing this chaos.
In git 2.23 / replit's default / NixOS 22_05 default, use the following, as it has no concept of default branch:

git branch main
git checkout main
git branch -d master

Using just a branch isnt a good concept for branching.

Its always depends about how your workflow looks like and then learn how to branch.

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worked like charm