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Untrack Files Previously Committed from New Gitignore

To untrack a single file, ie stop tracking the file but not delete it from the system use:

git rm --cached filename

To untrack every file in .gitignore:

First commit any outstanding code changes, and then run:

git rm -r --cached

This removes any changed files from the index(staging area), then run:

git add .

Commit it:

git commit -m ".gitignore is now working"

To undo git rm --cached filename, use git add filename