gitignore just doesn't work. I can't get it to ignore .DS_Store & .gitignore files

Question

I have .gitignored .DS_Store and .gitignore files. But still see them in the \"git status\".

Can someone explain to me how I can m

Answer 1

I had an issue getting .DS_Store ignored where the problem was that it had already been committed to the repo. Removing it resolved the issue.

$ git rm --cached .DS_Store