Clear git local cache

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I have a Webstorm project that I was about to commit  but before pressing the commit button in the Git Windows GUI  I remembered that I don t want to commit my  idea folder content    So I used the website that auto generates  gitignores for certain IDEs and added it to my  gitignore file    All  idea files that are explicitly ignored are still showing up to commit  despite me removing and re-added the files in question    I ve also committed the gitignore file without any other files  and re-pasted my content  but it still is not ignoring the  idea files   How do I tell Git to refresh or clear its cache  I tried  cd ing into the directory in question  and typing   git clean -n   but no files show up

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To remove cached  idea  directory  e g  git rm -r --cached  idea

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git rm --cached   FileExtension   This must ignore all files from this extension

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if you do any changes on git ignore then you have to clear you git cache also   gt  git rm -r --cached     gt  git add     gt  git commit -m  git cache cleared   gt  git push   if want to remove any particular folder or file then  git rm  --cached filepath foldername

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after that change in git-ignore file run this command   This command will remove all file cache not the files or changes     git rm -r --cached      after execution of this command commit the files  for removing single file or folder from cache use this command     git rm  --cached filepath foldername

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All  idea files that are explicitly ignored are still showing up to commit   you have to remove them from the staging area  git rm --cached  idea   now you have to commit those changes and they will be ignored from this point on  Once git start to track changes it will not  stop  tracking them even if they were added to the  gitignore file later on   You must explicitly remove them and then commit your removal manually in order to fully ignore them

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When you think your git is messed up  you can use this command to do everything up-to-date   git rm -r --cached   git add   git commit -am  git cache cleared  git push   Also to revert back last commit use this    git reset HEAD  --hard

[git] Clear git local cache

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