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@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ How to do stuff with git
 Splitting a repo
 ----------------
 
-### Remove history of all but select files in cloned repo
+##### Remove history of all but select files in cloned repo
 ```sh
-$ cp -Rp old new
+$ git clone old new
 $ cd new
 $ git clean -dfx
 $ git gc --aggressive --prune=now
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ $ git filter-branch \
 $ git gc --aggressive --prune=now
 ```
 
-### Remove history of previously-removed (not in current tree) files
+##### Remove history of previously-removed (not in current tree) files
 ```sh
 $ git log --pretty=format: --name-status \
     | awk '$0 != "" {print $2}' \
@@ -41,3 +41,25 @@ $ git filter-branch \
     ' \
     HEAD
 ```
+
+
+Inserting a new root commit
+---------------------------
+```sh
+git checkout --orphan $TEMP_BRANCH
+git rm -rf .
+git commit --allow-empty -m $INIT_COMMIT_MSG
+git rebase --onto $TEMP_BRANCH --root $MAIN_BRANCH
+git branch -d $TEMP_BRANCH
+```
+
+
+Deleting all tags, locally and remotely
+---------------------------------------
+```sh
+for tag in `git tag`;
+do
+    git tag -d $tag
+    git push origin :refs/tags/$tag
+done
+```