git ignore not ignoring .env code example

Example 1: git won't ignore .env

git rm env.local --cached
git rm env.staging --cached
git commit -m "Stopped tracking env.local, and env.staging"

Example 2: git ignore .env files not working

If you have already added the files to be tracked,
you need to remove them from tracking:

git rm env.local --cached
git rm env.staging --cached
git commit -m "Stopped tracking env.local, and env.staging"