.gitignore not ignoring .idea path

Question

What am I missing that needs to be done in order to get git to ignore my .idea/ path?

ctote@ubuntu:~/dev/1$ git status
On branch master         


        

Answer 1

Remove the file from the repository run below command

git rm --cached .idea/

now update your gitignore file to ignore .idea folder run below command

echo '.idea' >> .gitignore

add the .gitignore file

git add .gitignore

git commit -m "Removed .idea files"