You've updated .gitignore. Please stop the file(s) from being tracked!!

# *****************************************************************
# After updating the .gitignore file to ignore previously 
# tracked file(s) by Git. However, Git is still tracking 
# the file(s) that you added to .gitignore. Please stop the 
# files from being tracked! :-)
# *****************************************************************

# For a single file staging (a.k.a cache or index):
git rm --cached <theFileName>

# To remove a whole folder from staging:
git rm -r --cached <theFolderName>

# remove all files from staging
git rm -r --cached .
#add files back to be tracked not in .gitignore
git add .
git commit -m "Update to .gitignore applied"