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git – removing a file from source control (but not from the source)

I have a .classpath file which is currently in GIT repository.

After I pulled from remove repository(git pull origin master). How can I remove this file from GIT control, I mean NOT to delete this file from my computer but remove it from GIT version control. (Because this file is not needed for version control).

P.S.

I tried git rm <path-to>/.classpath , but then my whole project complains about wrong class path, why git rm delete my file instead of remove from version control ???

Answer 1

Use git rm --cached to remove from the index but not the working tree.

After that, you should add .classpath to your .gitignore file, to prevent it from being committed again.