Git remove ignored files after commit

Question

I have the following lines in my gitignore file:

!/assets/path-one/**/*.*
!/assets/path-two/**/*.*
!/assets/path-three/**/*.*

I pushed the changes, and all the files are included in the commit. What I want is to remove the ! and remove all the files from the commit, how can I do this?

/assets/path-one/**/*.*
/assets/path-two/**/*.*
/assets/path-three/**/*.*

When I update the file, I see only the changes in the .gitignore file.

SAMUEL · Accepted Answer · 2018-11-26T10:28:00.223

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You can acheive it in following setps

You need to remove the folders (Keep a backup of the folders if you want the contents)
update the gitignore by removing (!), add and commit the changes
Replace the backup if you need

edited Nov 26 '18 at 10:28

answered Nov 26 '18 at 07:59

SAMUEL

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2. update the gitignore by removing (!) and *add* and commit the changes ;) – lesz3k Nov 26 '18 at 08:00

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 26 '18 at 08:06

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First commit your changes and Try removing cache:

git rm -r --cached .

git add .

git commit -m "fixed untracked files"`

This might help you: https://stackoverflow.com/a/11451731/8866182.

answered Nov 26 '18 at 08:06

samrat shakya

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This will make the whole project to be commited again, no? – undefined Nov 26 '18 at 08:07
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yes,that's why I recommended you to commit all your changes before losing control on all changed files! – samrat shakya Nov 26 '18 at 08:13

Git remove ignored files after commit

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