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nouxinf / git-ignore.ps1

Last active January 2, 2026 17:51 — forked from jeffjohnson9046/git-ignore.sh

Remove unwanted files from a git repo AFTER adding a .gitignore. The files will remain on disk.

	## I just ran into this after initializing a Visual Studio project _before_ adding a .gitignore file (like an idiot).
	## I felt real dumb commiting a bunch of files I didn't need to, so the commands below should do the trick. The first two commands
	## came from the second answer on this post: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7527982/applying-gitignore-to-committed-files

	# See the unwanted files:
	git ls-files -ci --exclude-standard

	# Remove the unwanted files:
	git ls-files -ci --exclude-standard \|
	ForEach-Object { git rm --cached $_ }