#help (2022-07)
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2022-07-09
Alexander Goya
I cannot get git to remove/ignore the .terraform folder
I’ve added it to the .gitignore file and tried git rm -r --cached .
I’ve also committed after the git rm
Jeremy (UnderGrid Network Services)
how are you listing it in your .gitignore file? I typically use the following in mine
# Local .terraform directories
**/.terraform/*
Alexander Goya
I’ve tried both .terraform and .terraform/
Alexander Goya
I’ve now completely deleted the folder and committed. Also deleted all the branches besides main
Alexander Goya
Still, git wants to push 130 files
Alexander Goya
I just deleted the .git directory and git init‘ed again. Problem fixed
Jeremy (UnderGrid Network Services)
sounds like you already had the .terraform directory committed to the repo before adding to the .gitignore. In this case it will not ignore them as they’re already part of the repo history.