Git Cheat Sheet

Removing a file from the Git repository that was added to .gitignore

git rm -r --cached file_name

Without --cached the file will be removed from both the Git repository (.git folder) and the file system

Creating an empty commit

git commit --allow-empty -m "empty commit"

The -m flag indicates to use the specified commit message (which can be taken from a file or the commit).

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