git still shows files as modified after adding to gitignore

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i m adding this to  gitignore file   idea     but anyway the status is           modified     gitignore         modified     idea  generators         modified     idea dovezu iml         modified     idea misc xml         modified     idea workspace xml   what am i doing wrong   i even added  idea   to the global    gitignore global but git status  anyway shows me           modified     gitignore         modified     idea  generators         modified     idea dovezu iml         modified     idea misc xml         modified     idea workspace xml

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The solutions offered here and in other places didn't work for me, so I'll add to the discussion for future readers. I admittedly don't fully understand the procedure yet, but have finally solved my (similar) problem and want to share.

I had accidentally cached some doc-directories with several hundred files when working with git in IntelliJ IDEA on Windows 10, and after adding them to .gitignore (and PROBABLY moving them around a bit) I couldn't get them removed from the Default Changelist.

I first commited the actual changes I had made, then went about solving this - took me far too long. I tried git rm -r --cached . but would always get path-spec ERRORS, with different variations of the path-spec as well as with the -f and -r flags.

git status would still show the filenames, so I tried using some of those verbatim with git rm -cached, but no luck. Stashing and unstashing the changes seemed to work, but they got queued again after a time (I'm a bity hazy on the exact timeframe). I have finally removed these entries for good using

git reset

I assume this is only a GOOD IDEA when you have no changes staged/cached that you actually want to commit.

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In my case  the  gitignore file is somehow corrupted  It sometimes shows up OK but sometimes is gibberish  I guess the encoding might be to blame but cannot be sure  To solve the issue  I deleted the file  previously created through echo  gt   gitgore in VS Code commandline  and created a new one manually in the file system  Explorer   then added my ignore rules  After the new  ignore was in place  everything works fine

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Using git rm --cached  file  is not working fine for me  I m aware this question is 8 years old  but it still shows at the top of the search for this topic   it does remove the file from the index  but it also deletes the file from the remote  I have no idea why that is  All I wanted was keeping my local config isolated  otherwise I had to comment the localhost base url before every commit   not delete the remote equivalent to config  Reading some more I found what seems to be the proper way to do this  and the only way that did what I needed  although it does require more attention  especially during merges  Anyway  all it requires is git update-index --assume-unchanged  path to file   As far as I understand  this is the most notable thing to keep in mind   Git will fail  gracefully  in case it needs to modify this file in the index e g  when merging in a commit  thus  in case the assumed-untracked file is changed upstream  you will need to handle the situation manually

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To the people who might be searching for this issue still  are looking at this page only   This will help you remove cached index files  and then only add the ones you need  including changes to your  gitignore file   1  git rm -r --cached     2  git add   3  git commit -m  Removing ignored files    Here is a little bit more info         This command will remove all cached files from index    This command will add all files except those which are mentioned in gitignore          This command will commit your files again and remove the files you want git to ignore  but keep them in your local directory

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if you have  idea   already added in your  gitignore and if git rm -r --cached  idea  command does not work  note  shows error- gt  fatal  pathspec   idea   did not match any files  try this remove  idea file from your app run this command rm -rf  idea  run git status now and check while running the app  idea folder will be created again but it will not be tracked

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Git add    Git status   Check file that being modified    git reset HEAD  --- replace  to which file you want to ignore  git reset HEAD  idea   lt -- Those who wanted to exclude  idea from before commit    git check status and the idea file will be gone  and you re ready to go   git commit -m     git push

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Your  gitignore is working  but it still tracks the files because they were already in the index     To stop this you have to do   git rm -r --cached  idea   When you commit the  idea  directory will be removed from your git repository and the following commits will ignore the  idea  directory   PS  You could use  idea  instead of  idea   to ignore a directory  You can find more info about the patterns on the  gitignore man page     Helpful quote from the git-rm man page  --cached     Use this option to unstage and remove paths only from the index       Working tree files  whether modified or not  will be left alone

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Simply add git rm -r --cached  lt folder name file name gt   Sometimes  you update the  gitignore file after the commit command of files  So  the files get cached in the memory  To remove the cached files  use the above command

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