how tell 'git' to 'forget' ALL prior commits?

Question

I need to start a new project based on one tiny part of an another project of mine whose repo is at github.

I did a git clone into a new project folder... fine.

I deleted everything I didnt need, got rid of the old migrations etc.... fine.

now it runs fine locally, BUT 'git log' shows ALL the old commits.

I want to tell git "forget ALL the prior commits, this is a new project, so forget everything before now, start from right NOW as the first commit"

I read about git rebase but it's not clear if that's the right command, and if so, how to use it for this very simple purpose.

Answer 1

Delete the .git folder, run git init and git add