Commit any files that you need to change/delete to the repo. Then:
git rm -r --cached . # this will clean all files from cache. To clean a single file, exchange '.' with filename
git add . # add all of the now uncached files that are not gitignored to the staging area
git commit -m "fix .gitignore" # commit the changes# Remove the files from the index (not the actual files in the working copy)
$ git rm -r --cached .
# Add these removals to the Staging Area...
$ git add .
# ...and commit them!
$ git commit -m "Clean up ignored files"git rm --cached <file>
git rm -r --cached <folder>Update your . gitignore file – for instance, add a folder you don't want to track to . gitignore .
git rm -r --cached . – Remove all tracked files, including wanted and unwanted. Your code will be safe as long as you have saved locally.
git add . – All files will be added back in, except those in . gitignore .git clean -fdgit rm --cached <file>
git rm -r --cached <folder>