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Handy Trick To Get Rid Of node_modules

This one is a simple and handy trick when you want to copy your directories without node_modules folder.

Enter this command in your terminal.

robocopy SOURCE DEST /mir /xd node_modules
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is it possible that this code delete my files instead of coping??

Yes. The /MIR switch is equivalent to /e /purge which does delete files in certain cases. See https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/robocopy for full details.

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nitinja commented Jan 9, 2024

Hi!

For OSX (and i guess other unix)

rsync -av -progress --exclude="node_modules" sourceToCopy destination

Excellent, thanks

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