.gitignore not ignoring .idea path

Question

What am I missing that needs to be done in order to get git to ignore my .idea/ path?

ctote@ubuntu:~/dev/1$ git status
On branch master         


        

Answer 1

add .idea/ to .gitignore file

run this commands in terminal to complete mission :)

git rm -rf .idea
git commit -m "delete .idea"
git push