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From: Quim K Holland <qkholland@gmail.com>
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You can run "git checkout directory".

> Hi, 
>   I run "git status", and I saw the a modified file in a directory.  I want
> to ignore all files in that directory.  I put the directory name into
> .gitignore, but it still shows as modified file.  Why?  How do I ignore the
> directory?
> Thanks.
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