Table of Content

• GIT Log
  • Alias for log using pretty formatting
• How to Remove Complete GIT History

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I will add more information related to GIT from time to time.

GIT Log

Alias for log using pretty formatting

git config --global alias.lol "log --pretty=format:'%C(yellow)%h %Cred%ad %Cblue%an%Cgreen%d %Creset%s' --date=local --graph"
git config --global alias.lol20 "log --pretty=format:'%C(yellow)%h %Cred%ad %Cblue%an%Cgreen%d %Creset%s' --date=local --graph -20"
git config --global alias.lola "log --pretty=format:'%C(yellow)%h %Cred%ad %Cblue%an%Cgreen%d %Creset%s' --date=local --graph --all"
git config --global alias.lola20 "log --pretty=format:'%C(yellow)%h %Cred%ad %Cblue%an%Cgreen%d %Creset%s' --date=local --graph --all -20"

How to Remove Complete GIT History

With these steps you will remove the complete history from your GIT repository.

So please make a backup first!

# get last version from your repository and create an orphan branch
# Create a new orphan branch, named <new_branch>, started from <start_point> and switch to it. The first commit made on this new branch will have no parents and it will be the root of a new history totally disconnected from all the other branches and commits.
git checkout --orphan latest_branch
# Add everything to this branch
git add -A
# Commit to this branch
git commit -am "Init"
# Delete master branch
git branch -D master
# Move current branch to master
git branch -m master
# Push everything to your remote
git push -f origin master