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Linux git command that removes files in your repo that apply to the .gitignore but doesn't delete them. Ex. You added some rules after a while and need them to be applied immediately.
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| (GIT_INDEX_FILE=some-non-existent-file \ | |
| git ls-files --exclude-standard --others --directory --ignored -z) | | |
| xargs -0 git rm --cached -r --ignore-unmatch -- |
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From stack overflow post http://stackoverflow.com/a/3262033