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[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Can you explain what this does? I’m thinking something along the lines of reverting all commits except the very first one?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

You are correct! It sets HEAD to the first commit and then force pushes, deleting everything after HEAD.

Though, it only affects the currently selected branch.