title: After cloning/forking a github repo, is there a way to push only new commits?
body: <p>So what I am trying to do is fork one of my own repositories on Github.  Github does not allow you to do this easily on their site, so I did it this way: <a href="http://bitdrift.com/post/4534738938/fork-your-own-project-on-github" rel="nofollow">http://bitdrift.com/post/4534738938/fork-your-own-project-on-github</a></p>
  
  <p>This works out great but when I commit the newly forked repository, all of the past commits show up on my Github account rather than my just my initial commit after forking.  Is there a way to make it so that only my new commits on this project/fork are pushed to github?  Thanks!</p>