I added my project to gitlab with an inital commit. I realize now I dont need to tack such folders as node_modules, build, dist so I added them to a gitignore file. The issue is they are in the gitlab online directory still. Can I just delete them right from the application? Or will this mess anything up.
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Packy
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1Possible duplicate of [Remove directory from remote repository after adding them to .gitignore](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7927230/remove-directory-from-remote-repository-after-adding-them-to-gitignore) – alexander.polomodov Apr 01 '16 at 21:05
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@alexander.polomodov yep that answered it. Should I remove this question or just leave it? – Packy Apr 01 '16 at 21:07
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It will be closed as duplicate later. Do not worry about it – alexander.polomodov Apr 01 '16 at 21:08
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Use
git rm --cached <folder>/*
In order to remove those folders from git but leave it in the local folder.
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