git still shows files as modified after adding to .gitignore

Question

i\'m adding this to .gitignore file

.idea/*

but anyway the status is:

#       modified:   .gitignore
#             


        

Answer 1

Simply add git rm -r --cached

Sometimes, you update the .gitignore file after the commit command of files. So, the files get cached in the memory. To remove the cached files, use the above command.