#git remove a folder from git

git-untrack

# 1. Add the folder path to the repo's root .gitignore file:

	dist/
    
# 2. Remove the folder from the local git tracking, but keep it on your disk:

	git rm -r --cached dist/
       
# 3. Push the changes to the git repo

# The folder will be considered "deleted" from Git's point of view (i.e. they are in past history, but not in the latest commit, and people pulling from this repo will get the files removed from their trees), but stay on your working directory because you've used