On Tue, May 26, 2015, 8:39 PM Dmitry Gutov wrote: On 05/27/2015 03:36 AM, Kelvin White wrote: > I created a new file in a directory under git version control, staged it > with `git add ', them unstaged it with `git rm --cached '. > This is the same behavior you'd expect in this situation. Well, it's not the same situation as what Alan has with .gitignore. Indeed it is. Unstage the file, commit and move on... If I'm missing something, I apologize in advance, but please explain.