Removing '.git' directory from git repo?

Question

I\'m trying to migrate a git repo from Kiln to Github. I can add the new remote just fine, but when I try to push master to the new remote, I get the following error:

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Answer 1

As of git 2.2.22 the way to do this is with the git-filter-repo tool.

Easy and fast:

git filter-repo --force --invert-paths --path-glob '*/.git' --path '.git'