main.yml

name: Clean Commit History

on: workflow_dispatch


jobs:
  clean_history:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
    - name: Checkout the repository
      uses: actions/checkout@v2
      with:
        fetch-depth: 0

    - name: Remove commit history
      run: |
        # Set up Git user
        git config --global user.name "Wenjie Fu"
        git config --global user.email "wjfu99@outlook.com"
        git branch
        ls
        # Create a new orphan branch with the latest commit
        git checkout --orphan latest_commit
        # Add all files to the new branch
        git add -A
        # Commit the changes
        git commit -m "Final Commit"

        # Rename the current branch to main
        git branch -m latest_commit

        # Force push to update the repository
        git push -f origin latest_commit:main