Delete a folder in github, but not in local

Question

I know that if I want to ignore folder that I don't want to push to Github. I could use .gitignore to ignore it.

Now my situation is I had pushed the folder up to Github, now I wish I could ignore it and delete it on Github, but still want the folder in local side.

How could I achieve it?

Answer 1

It seems like the --cached option of git rm is what you want.

git rm --cached fileToDelete
git commit master
git push origin master
Now add the file to .gitignore

Not tested though.

Answer 2

In order for you to remove the folder or file from Github but no from you computer use this command in the following order

1. git rm -r --cached name-of-the-folder
2. git commit -m "insert your comment inside this quotation marks"
3. git push origin

in case you have several branches you can do

• git push origin master
• git push origin branchName

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EXAMPLE

1. git rm -r --cached .vscode
2. git commit -m "removed the .vscode folder"
3. git push origin