How do i ignore directories in .gitignore file?

Question

Hey everyone! I am writing a new project right now and i have some problems with ignoring build directories.

I need to ignore out/ directory but it doesn't work. (I already deleted out/ directory from my github repository)

This is .gitignore line:

This is github repository after i deleted out/ directory from it

Looks like it should work, but after all this out/ directory still appears in commit list:

How should i do this?

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I'm not sure whether `.gitignore` is whitespace-sensitive or not, but try removing the space before `out/`. — 0x5453, Mar 09 '21 at 15:58
You can use git `rm -r --cached out` Answer reference: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9750606/git-still-shows-files-as-modified-after-adding-to-gitignore — Ali Zedan, Mar 09 '21 at 16:05

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 09 '21 at 15:56

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Try also doing git rm -r --cached out

answered Mar 09 '21 at 15:56

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