Resync git repo with new .gitignore file

Question

Is it possible to \"refresh\" a git repository after updating the gitignore file?

I just added more ignorations(?) to my gitignore and would like to remove stuff alr

Answer 1

I might misunderstand, but are you trying to delete files newly ignored or do you want to ignore new modifications to these files ? In this case, the thing is working.

If you want to delete ignored files previously commited, then use

git rm –cached `git ls-files -i –exclude-standard`
git commit -m 'clean up'