git rm --cached git ls-files -i -X .gitignore git commit -m "Cleaning" git push origin master

git checkout -b [name_of_your_new_branch] git push origin [name_of_your_new_branch] git branch

git tag -a -m "Tagging release 1.0" v1.0

git checkout better_branch git merge --strategy=ours master # keep the content of this branch, but record a merge git checkout master git merge better_branch