Removing node_modules when you forget to add .gitignore file

forget_gitignore.md

How to remove node_modules

1. Create a .gitignore file in the git repo if it doesn't have one

touch .gitignore

2. Open up the .gitignore and add the following line to the file

/node_modules

3. Remove the node_modules folder from the git repository

git rm -r --cached node_modules

4. Commit the git repository without the node modules folder

git commit -m "Removed node_module folder"

5. Push the repository to github

git push origin master

Don't forget to add the gitignore and commit it to the repo

git add .gitignore

git commit -m "Added .gitignore file"

git push origin master