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+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="Ilya_Shlyakhter"
+ avatar="http://cdn.libravatar.org/avatar/1647044369aa7747829c38b9dcc84df0"
+ subject="starting over with a new commit history"
+ date="2020-01-25T01:07:19Z"
+ content="""
+You could [squash all commits](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25356810/git-how-to-squash-all-commits-on-branch) on all your branches to one commit.  See also [[git-annex-forget]] .
+"""]]