How to un-ignore a folder after global ignore?

Asked Jun 11 '18 at 06:26

Active Jun 11 '18 at 17:20

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In git bash I ignored the node_modules folder, with this command:

git config --global core.excludesfile ~/.gitignore

then use command git status and git add . both not work

and get this message:

warning: unable to access 'node_modules': Permission denied
fatal: cannot use node_modules as an exclude file

Is there any way to un-ignore the ignored folder? What I tried:

Remove the current node_modules folder, and create and new one and paste in same content. Then git status still gets the same message.
Command rm -rf .git then re-create git repo git init still get the fatal message.
Command rm -rf .gitignore. still get the fatal message.

=== update

I found an answer here that removes the error message.

And for people who are new to it like me, an article explaining how to use gitignore Ignoring files

edited Jun 11 '18 at 17:20

asked Jun 11 '18 at 06:26

Robin

The global config is in `~/.gitconfig` (or `~/.config/git/config`), if you want to remove the directive.. – L3viathan Jun 11 '18 at 07:10
What exactly did you *put into* the file `~/.gitignore`? – torek Jun 11 '18 at 14:39
@torek a myprojects/node_modules folder. But after ignoring it, the other git command always give the error message. – Robin Jun 11 '18 at 16:44

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