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Remove any files from the repo that are in the gitignore, even after the fact. Just copy paste the whole thing into terminal/commandline (in the correct directory) and it will un-track the files (but leave them intact locally).Then use git status to verify nothing important was removed.
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| (GIT_INDEX_FILE=some-non-existent-file \ | |
| git ls-files --exclude-standard --others --directory --ignored -z) | | |
| xargs -0 git rm --cached -r --ignore-unmatch -- |
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Note: You have to navigate to the folder where the file you want ignored is located before running this command!