From: Sitaram Chamarty <sitaramc@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 07 Nov 2010 18:37:48 GMT
Subject: first para of man gitignore should refer to 'git rm --cached'
Message-ID: <AANLkTim=QCcJDb0600Je-jePvXSXfFMe7FAQ0WMhZKn7@mail.gmail.com>

It's an FAQ that "why doesn't my gitignore work" when the files in
question had already been added earlier, usually in error.  The most
common remedy, I believe, is "git rm --cached" followed by a commit.

"update-index" does not seem to be the right answer.

Thoughts?

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Sitaram