How can I choose to overwrite remote repository with local commits?

Question

Basically, due to events beyond my control, my remote repo was moved - I did a lot of work on my local copy in the meantime and now I really just want to overwrite everythin

Answer 1

How to do this for master branch, without pulling data down from the remote repo:

1. Create a new folder, init git, add remote repo - don't pull or fetch!

   mkdir clean_repo

   git init

   git remote add origin

2. create (and switch to) empty local branch, add, commit and push a test file into this.

   git checkout test

   echo "test" > test

   git add .

   git commit -m "adding test"

   git push origin:test

3. On github / bitbucket, change default branch to new branch

4. On local, switch to master branch, commit and push to remote repo / branch

   git checkout -b master

   git push origin --mirror