Git remove from repo, keeping on file system

Snippet Posted by kitt at 11:41 on 16 July 2017

git rm will remove a file from the file system and the repository. If you want to keep the file locally (say, because you're adding it to the .gitignore file), remove it from the repository cache:

# for a file
git rm --cached filename
 
# for a directory
git rm --cached -r directoryname

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Remove a file from a Git repository without deleting it from the local filesystem

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Git remove from repo, keeping on file system

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