git add adding ignored files

Question

I\'m trying to remove a previously tracked directory from git, which works, but it\'s being added back with each subsequent git add ., git add -A, etc.

Answer 1

The origin has to be bare. Here is a little bash to demonstrate it. Feel free to edit it, if it does not represent your use case.

#!/bin/bash

rm -rf /tmp/git_test
mkdir /tmp/git_test/
git init --bare /tmp/git_test/primary_repo

# populate repo
cd /tmp/git_test/
git clone ./primary_repo ./secondary_repo
cd secondary_repo
echo hi_bob > some_content
mkdir node_modules
echo hi_dave > node_modules/moduleA
git add .
git commit -m "populated primary"
git push

# do the removal in tertiary 
cd /tmp/git_test/
git clone ./primary_repo ./tertiary_repo
cd tertiary_repo
echo node_modules >> .gitignore
git add .gitignore
git rm -r --cached node_modules
git commit -a -m "removed node_modules"
git push origin master
rm -r node_modules
echo --------------------------------
echo git status:
git status