diff --git a/crates/gitignore/src/main.rs b/crates/gitignore/src/main.rs
index 46e8363..a95a9e1 100644
--- a/crates/gitignore/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/gitignore/src/main.rs
@@ -119,8 +119,10 @@ fn add_gitignore_pattern(term: console::Term, pattern: &String) -> eyre::Result<
 
     // TODO: Run git rm -r --cached --pathspec <pattern> on the .git root
     let output = std::process::Command::new("git")
+        .arg("rm")
         .arg("-r")
         .arg("--cached")
+        .arg("--ignore-unmatch")
         .arg(pattern)
         .output()
         .context("could not process git remove from index command")?;
@@ -134,6 +136,8 @@ fn add_gitignore_pattern(term: console::Term, pattern: &String) -> eyre::Result<
         return Err(eyre::anyhow!("failed to run git index command"));
     }
 
+    term.write_line("git successfully removed files")?;
+
     Ok(())
 }