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git rm --cached everything that you don't want to commit, then add a . gitignore file locally that has "*" in it. Now, no matter how much you git add, you'll never see those files in your index again.
There is no explicit git ignore command: instead the . gitignore file must be edited and committed by hand when you have new files that you wish to ignore. . gitignore files contain patterns that are matched against file names in your repository to determine whether or not they should be ignored.
In the Git Changes window, right-click any changed file that you want Git to ignore and choose Ignore this local item or Ignore this extension. Those menu options don't exist for tracked files.
Git can only ignore files that are untracked - files that haven't been committed to the repository, yet. That's why, when you create a new repository, you should also create a . gitignore file with all the file patterns you want to ignore.
check out the git-update-index man page and the --assume-unchanged bit and related.
when I have your problem I do this
git update-index --assume-unchanged dir-im-removing/
or a specific file
git update-index --assume-unchanged config/database.yml
A newer and better option is
git update-index --skip-worktree which won't be lost on a hard reset or a new change from a pull.
See the man page.
And a comparison at http://fallengamer.livejournal.com/93321.html
Use this code
git update-index --assume-unchanged file-name
What I usually do is
git stash
git whatever-else
git stash apply
git stash clear
Tracked files can't be ignored, so you'll have to remove them from your index first. Add a .gitignore that ignores the directories you don't want, then delete them, and remove any stragglers with git rm --cached.
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