rm -rf .git

git init

git add .

git commit -m "Initial commit"

git remote add origin <github-uri>

git push -u --force origin master

If you want to rename a branch while pointed to any branch, do :

git branch -m <oldname> <newname> If you want to rename the current branch, you can do:

git branch -m <newname> A way to remember this, is -m is for "move" (or mv), which is how you rename files.