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Script to clean watchman, remove node_modules, clean cache and restart packager for React Native troubleshooting.
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nuke-deps.sh
#!/bin/bash
# Stop cached listeners
watchman watch-del-all
# Remove installed modules
rm -rf node_modules
# Remove yarn meta files
rm yarn*
# Install only fresh copies
yarn cache clean
yarn
# Kill any other instance of the packager
lsof -ti:8081 | xargs kill
# Restart the thing
npm start --reset-cache
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Can you please provide some quick documentation on how/when to use this?

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jsdario commented Sep 4, 2019

It's just an sh script, so add this file to your repo and run bash nuke-deps.sh from your command line. You can also add this as a npm script and run npm run nuke-deps or yarn nuke-deps.

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gax97 commented Dec 18, 2020 •
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rm yarn* - Also deletes yarn.lock. Not sure if that should be the case when troubleshooting.

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