How to add .gitignore file after already push my project? I'm a git starter. Recently I pushed my Intellij Project to github, then I want to add .gitignore file to shrink my project.
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刘奔康
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1Possible duplicate of [How to create .gitignore file](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10744305/how-to-create-gitignore-file) – Ivan Leonenko Apr 13 '16 at 07:48
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@IvanLeonenko i kow how to create `.gitignore` file . i just want to know could i add my `.gitignore` file after i already push my project to remote repo – 刘奔康 Apr 13 '16 at 08:26
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http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1470572/gitignore-ignore-any-bin-directory – 刘奔康 May 24 '16 at 02:11
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You cannot ignore a file once its been committed. You need to use git rm to remove the files from the repo and then re-commit with them added to the git ignore file.
Eg. I could remove all .htaccess files like:
git rm -r .htaccess
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Yes exactly, just don't forgot to do the .gitignore file first. Also you could add --cached to rm to leave a cached version there in the history. Good luck! – Ben Rhys-Lewis Apr 13 '16 at 08:17