The github repository of #NGSchool website has grown to over 5GB. I wanted to reduce the size & simplify this repository, but this task turned out to quite complicated. Instead, I have decided to leave current repo as is (and probably removed it soon) and start new repo for existing version. I could do that, as I don’t care about version earlier than the one I’m currently using. This is short how-to:

1. Push all changes and remove .git folder

git push origin master
rm -rI .git

2. Rename existing repo

Settings > Repository name > RENAME

3. Start new repository using old repo name

Don’t need to create any files as all already exists.

4. Init your local repo and add new remote

git init
git remote add origin git@github.com:USER/REPO

5. Commit changes and push

git add --all . && git commit -m "fresh" && git push origin master

Doing so, my new repo size is below 1GB, which is much better compared to 5GB previously.