diff --git a/share/squash_history.sh b/share/squash_history.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+git reset $(git commit-tree HEAD\^{tree} -m "Initialize project from github.com/triqs/app4triqs@$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)")
+git merge --allow-unrelated-histories -s ours HEAD@{1} -m "Track app4triqs skeleton"
+git remote rm origin
+git remote add app4triqs_remote https://github.com/triqs/app4triqs