put files under version control - how to untrack them and ignore

Question

I've added files under version control. Now I need to remove them from version control and ignore in my project. Is it enough to just put those files inside .gitignore or I have to delete them first? What's the correct procedure?

Answer 1

If you want to remove the file from git while leaving it in your working directory, you need to git rm --cached the file, then commit. If you just add the file to .gitignore , the current version of the file will remain in git.

Answer 2

Yes, .gitignore is it enough (if you just want do not track this files) But if you want delete it from your project and from git - delete files

Thats all ;)