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Ignore files that have already been committed to a Git repository
I have an already initialized Git repository that I added a .gitignore file to. How can I refresh the fil
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Remove a file from a Git repository without deleting it from the local filesystem
My initial commit contained some log files. I've added *log to my .gitignore, and now I want to remove th
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How can I make Git "forget" about a file that was tracked, but is now in .gitignore?
There is a file that was being tracked by Git, but now the file is on the .gitignore list. However, that file
