Git101 Defunct Gitignore Caused By Late Creation
The files/folder in our version control will not delete themselves just because we added them to the .gitignore. They are already in the repository and we have to remove them.
IMPORTANT!! Be mindful before we proceed to the real solution, remember to commit everything we’ve changed before we do it! Type and run:
git rm -rf --cached .
git add .This removes all files from the repository and adds them back (this time respecting the rules in our newly created .gitignore file).