Removing .DS_Store from git repo

Question

I keep getting both a.DS_Store file and a.ipynb_checkpoints folder everytime I push to my git repository. I've tried creating a.gitignore file, but they still don't go away when I do another commit. I have tried:

touch .gitignore
% echo '.ipynb_checkpoints' >> ~/.gitignore

echo .DS_Store >> .gitignore

Any help on how to remove these from the front page of my git?

Answer 1

Make sure you remove them from your Git repository first, while keeping them on your disk

git rm -r --cached .DS_Store
git rm --cached .ipynb_checkpoints

git commit -m "Remove ignored files"

Then you won't see them in your next commit, and the .gitignore will apply.