How I removed a directory from remote repository after adding it to .gitignore

I'd expect the future me to be grateful for this.

Okay, so I pushed some local changes to the remote branch:

git add . git commit -m "feat: pushed one too many dirs". git push -u origin master

But the thing is, I forgot to add the directory to the .gitignore file beforehand.

So now I've got that one tmp folder hanging about in the remote repository.

To solve it, you first have to unstage the files from the repository that you wish to be hidden, create a commit and push that to GitHub:

git rm -r --cached src/products/features/tmp git commit -m "chore: remove that one unwanted dir. git push -u origin master

It's done, you'll thank me later, future me.