From a8d23484cda2ee08a28f51210e72a5883492479a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jj <jan+admin@jambor.pro>
Date: Wed, 21 May 2025 14:41:08 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] new: Added Instructions to wipe a repository.

---
 know-how/git-commands.md | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/know-how/git-commands.md b/know-how/git-commands.md
index c0c1132..c3d6a89 100644
--- a/know-how/git-commands.md
+++ b/know-how/git-commands.md
@@ -131,4 +131,14 @@ git branch -m main wikiMaster
 git push origin HEAD
 ```
 
+Wipe a whole git repository, removing all branches, tags, and history, leaving behind only a single, empty main branch. 
+
+```bash
+git checkout --orphan main && \
+git rm -rf . && \
+git commit --allow-empty -m "Initialize empty main branch" --no-verify && \
+git push origin main --force && \
+git for-each-ref --format='%(refname:short)' refs/heads/ | grep -v '^main$' | xargs -I{} git push origin --delete {} && \
+git tag -l | xargs -n 1 git push --delete origin
+```