Need help: main and branch repositories have entirely different commit histories

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Hello
I recently ran git filter-repo as there was an exposed secret in a history of commits in my branch repository. After successfully pushing the changes locally (which was a bit of struggle) to my branch, I no longer can merge or make pull requests in either main or branch. I always get stuck when github tells me: "There isn’t anything to compare. Main and branch are entirely different commit histories. "

I've tried the following solutions with the same end result:

• 'soft reset' main branch as described here: https://gist.github.com/sdg7onado/bc0e49a0d41a97e798c2df7c220de8bb
• git pull branch, then git --rebase origin main as described here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/71768999/how-to-merge-when-you-get-error-hint-you-have-divergent-branches-and-need-to-s

Everytime I make an attempt to push after making changes, I always need to re-establish a remote repo even after cloning from the repo. I'm not sure why this is.

Here's my repo: https://github.com/spookyWalrus/ramenReport
Any help regarding this is appreciated

Thanks in advance