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Remove a file from a Git repository without deleting it from the local filesystem
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# good solution described here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/21477287
# This command removes files from the repository based on your .gitignore without deleting them from the local file system :
git rm --cached `git ls-files -i -X .gitignore`
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