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 ====== completely remove a file from all revisions ====== ====== completely remove a file from all revisions ======
-You find a file that should never have been committed into the repo.  Adding the file to a .gitignore list doesn't get rid of it for you, and you want the file to disappear from everything.  (probably a good idea to back up repo before doing this)+If you've added a file to a .gitignore list and it still shows up for commits, you can ignore it from that point on by removing it with this: 
 +<code> 
 +git rm --cached <file> 
 +</code> 
 + 
 +If you find a file that should never have been committed into the repo, you need to do more than this.  Adding the file to a .gitignore list doesn't get rid of it for you, and you want the file to disappear from everything.  (probably a good idea to back up repo before doing this)
  
 **method 1** **method 1**
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