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Remove node_modules from repo with one command
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Use the universal one-liner in terminal in the project directory: | |
``` touch .gitignore && echo "node_modules/" >> .gitignore && git rm -r --cached node_modules ; git status ``` | |
It works no matter if you've created a .gitignore or not, no matter if you've added node_modules to git tracking or not. | |
Then commit and push the .gitignore changes. | |
Explanation | |
touch will generate the .gitignore file if it doesn't already exist. | |
echo and >> will append node_modules/ at the end of .gitignore, causing the node_modules folder and all subfolders to be ignored. | |
git rm -r --cached removes the node_modules folder from git control if it was added before. Otherwise, this will show a warning pathspec 'node_modules' did not match any files, which has no side effects and you can safely ignore. The flags cause the removal to be recursive and include the cache. | |
git status displays the new changes. A change to .gitignore will appear, while node_modules will not appear as it is no longer being tracked by git. |
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