Ignoring a directory from a Git repo after it's been added

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I've learned how to exclude an entire directory in git (add a line bin/ to .gitignore). And I've learned how to ignore files "after the fact" (i.e. after they have been added to git):

git rm --cached <filename>

How do I ignore an entire directory (e.g. bin/) after it has been added to a Git repo?

I tried git rm --cached bin/ but all I received was the error:

fatal: pathspec 'bin/' did not match any files

When I tried (at the root directory, where .git exists) git rm --cached MyProj/bin/ the error is different:

fatal: not removing 'MyProj/bin/' recursively without -r

What does this mean and will I need to commit and/or branch this now?

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2 Answers

On windows:

git rm -r --cached ./FOLDERNAME/

And then do the other stuffs. (add and commit and push)

(Note that on windows you should use ./ before the folder name, just like above.)

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