I had uploaded all my source files to bitbucket and after that I changed my .gitignore file in git. When I cloned the repository and changed my files my git status not ignoring the folders specified in the .gitignore file.

git status --ignored

When I run the above command it is not showing the ignored folders. After a ton of search I found that git rm -r --cached . can clear local git cache and after that when i check status all my ignored folders are showing now. But the problem is after a I push my changes to repository the files and folders specified in the gitignore file is getting removed from repository. Is there any way i can prevent files from removing from repository.

CodePudding user response：

git rm -r --cached . will remove all files in the repository from tracking.

Run git add . to re-add the files that shouldn't be ignored, followed by git commit or git commit --amend.

CodePudding user response：

Ignored files means "not tracked by Git".

It makes sense pushing your new repository state (one with the ignored files deleted from Git latest HEAD, and ignored), they are in turn deleted from the remote repository HEAD.

If you need them somehow on the remote side, you should keep them/duplicate them under a different subfolder inside the repository, and push that.
While keeping them ignored in their original place.

But that is awkward, and depends on your specific use-case: ignoring files means they should not be visible in the remote, and are generally regenerated on the local side (like a build/ or target/ folder)