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                How to untrack a file that has already been committed to repo after adding to .gitignore
              
          
    How to Untrack a File That Has Been Committed

It is IMPORTANT to note that you MUST COMMIT ALL PREVIOUS CHANGES BEFOE CONTINUING


Remove everything from Local Repo
git rm -r --cached .
or if you are untracking a specific file(s)
git rm -r --cached name_of_file


Add back all untracked files you need