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Git ignore and remove files from the history (cached)
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cache-remove.sh
# List all the ignored files previously commited
git ls-files -ci --exclude-standard
# Remove file from Git's history. It keeps it in the file system
git rm --cached path/to/file
# Remove all the ignored files
git ls-files -ci --exclude-standard -z | xargs -0 git rm --cached
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