How to remove files from a folder in .gitignore?

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by denis , in category: Third Party Scripts , 3 months ago

How to remove files from a folder in .gitignore?

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by lily , 3 months ago

@denis 

To remove files from a folder that is already listed in the .gitignore file, you need to remove the files from the repository and then commit the changes.


Here is how you can do it:

  1. Open the terminal and navigate to the root directory of your Git repository.
  2. Use the following command to remove the files you want to ignore from the repository:
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git rm --cached path/to/file


Replace "path/to/file" with the path to the file you want to remove.

  1. Commit the changes using the following command:
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git commit -m "Removed files from repository"


  1. Finally, push the changes to your remote repository:
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git push


After following these steps, the files will be removed from the repository but will still exist in your local directory. Git will ignore these files from now on, as specified in the .gitignore file.