duck duck goose #41339
Description
Code of Conduct
- I have read and agree to the GitHub Docs project's Code of Conduct
What article on docs.github.com is affected?
file: tools/github_nuke_and_wipe.sh
Usage:
1) Read and understand. Backup first.
2) Set env: export GITHUB_TOKEN="ghp_xxx"; export OWNER="your-username-or-org"; export REPO="repo-name"
3) Run python3 github_nuke.py # to remove GitHub objects and delete repo
4) Optionally run this script to purge local history and force-push a single clean commit:
NOTE: This bash helper performs a local destructive rewrite and force-push.
set -euo pipefail
if [ -z "${GITHUB_TOKEN:-}" ] || [ -z "${OWNER:-}" ] || [ -z "${REPO:-}" ]; then
echo "Please set GITHUB_TOKEN, OWNER and REPO environment variables."
echo "Example: export GITHUB_TOKEN=ghp_xxx; export OWNER=me; export REPO=myrepo"
exit 1
fi
REMOTE_URL="https://${GITHUB_TOKEN}@github.com/${OWNER}/${REPO}.git"
echo "=== Local destructive workflow start ==="
echo "Cloning mirror (bare)..."
git clone --mirror "${REMOTE_URL}" "${REPO}.git"
cd "${REPO}.git"
echo "Creating an empty orphan repository to replace history..."
Create a temporary bare repo that will become the new history
git checkout --orphan tmp-clean || true
Remove all files from index (we're in a bare clone, use worktree to rebuild)
git --work-tree=/tmp/tmp_worktree init /tmp/tmp_worktree
rm -rf /tmp/tmp_worktree/*
add a minimal README
echo "# Repository reinitialized" >/tmp/tmp_worktree/README.md
git --git-dir=. --work-tree=/tmp/tmp_worktree add README.md
git --git-dir=. --work-tree=/tmp/tmp_worktree commit -m "Reinitialized repository - all prior history removed"
Now replace refs with new single commit
NEW_HEAD=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
echo "New root commit: $NEW_HEAD"
echo "Force pushing rewritten history to remote (all branches and tags will be overwritten)..."
git push --mirror "${REMOTE_URL}" --force
echo "Cleaning local mirror..."
cd ..
rm -rf "${REPO}.git" /tmp/tmp_worktree
echo "=== Local destructive workflow completed ==="
What part(s) of the article would you like to see updated?
file: tools/github_nuke_and_wipe.sh
Usage:
1) Read and understand. Backup first.
2) Set env: export GITHUB_TOKEN="ghp_xxx"; export OWNER="your-username-or-org"; export REPO="repo-name"
3) Run python3 github_nuke.py # to remove GitHub objects and delete repo
4) Optionally run this script to purge local history and force-push a single clean commit:
NOTE: This bash helper performs a local destructive rewrite and force-push.
set -euo pipefail
if [ -z "${GITHUB_TOKEN:-}" ] || [ -z "${OWNER:-}" ] || [ -z "${REPO:-}" ]; then
echo "Please set GITHUB_TOKEN, OWNER and REPO environment variables."
echo "Example: export GITHUB_TOKEN=ghp_xxx; export OWNER=me; export REPO=myrepo"
exit 1
fi
REMOTE_URL="https://${GITHUB_TOKEN}@github.com/${OWNER}/${REPO}.git"
echo "=== Local destructive workflow start ==="
echo "Cloning mirror (bare)..."
git clone --mirror "${REMOTE_URL}" "${REPO}.git"
cd "${REPO}.git"
echo "Creating an empty orphan repository to replace history..."
Create a temporary bare repo that will become the new history
git checkout --orphan tmp-clean || true
Remove all files from index (we're in a bare clone, use worktree to rebuild)
git --work-tree=/tmp/tmp_worktree init /tmp/tmp_worktree
rm -rf /tmp/tmp_worktree/*
add a minimal README
echo "# Repository reinitialized" >/tmp/tmp_worktree/README.md
git --git-dir=. --work-tree=/tmp/tmp_worktree add README.md
git --git-dir=. --work-tree=/tmp/tmp_worktree commit -m "Reinitialized repository - all prior history removed"
Now replace refs with new single commit
NEW_HEAD=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
echo "New root commit: $NEW_HEAD"
echo "Force pushing rewritten history to remote (all branches and tags will be overwritten)..."
git push --mirror "${REMOTE_URL}" --force
echo "Cleaning local mirror..."
cd ..
rm -rf "${REPO}.git" /tmp/tmp_worktree
echo "=== Local destructive workflow completed ==="
Additional information
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