Ignoring a file git previously tracked

Problem: you added a file to your .gitignore, but changes are still being tracked because you’ve previously tracked that file.

To fix that and properly ignore the file, you need to remove it from git’s cache:

# remove a specific file from git's cache
git rm --cached filename

# or remove everything from the cache cache
git rm -r --cached .

# commit your changes
git add .
git commit -m "stop tracking ignored files"

• Clear .gitignore cache
• caching - Ignore files that have already been committed to a Git repository - Stack Overflow
• How do I make Git forget about a file that was tracked, but is now in .gitignore? - Stack Overflow

Editing checklist

• Draft: Barf out ideas freely (don’t edit language or rearrange, just go go go)
• Clarify: are there any obvious “why/when/example?” questions people will trip over? answer them?
• Related: search vault for existing notes, tags and lines on the same topic (merge? resolve?)
• Grab reader with first sentence.
• Put main ideas in headings: https://twitter.com/b0rk/status/1262756496162476033
• The Dilbert Blog: The Day You Became A Better Writer
• https://dilbertblog.typepad.com/the_dilbert_blog/2007/06/the_day_you_bec.html
• Add code samples
• Add images (no joke gifs)

Publishing checklist

• Title: brainstorm ways to clearly state the topic
• File name: update to a future-proof topic-subtopic-action hierarchical slug
• Frontmatter: add all properties:

title: TITLE
description: TL;DR
parent: SLUG # optionally append section id? 
ogImage: mu/IMAGE.jpg
date: 2024-XX-XX
linkSharedOnTwitter: LINK
devLink: LINK
redditLink: LINK
hackerNewsLink: LINK
tags: 
  - post

• Title: remove inline copy (or teach mu to parse?)
• Tags: remove inline copy (or teach mu to parse?)
• Folder: move file to /writing to publish automatically on date set above (may publish a few hours early due to server time, so don’t be surprised to see it immediately if the date is set to tomorrow)
• Cross post as a YouTube channel community post? Are those silly? For a different purpose?

Inbox

• #todo generate draft note with a form that includes a tag field and include an embedded query for those tags?