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Because I keep reiterating this and it may help some students.
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#Don't Add Your node_modules to git / github. ####Follow the instructions to not do this.

First and foremost you should be initializing NPM with npm init when you start a new node project. If you aren't doing this now, you need to start immediately.

Secondly, you should be installing your node packages for your project using npm install <package name> --save If you aren't doing this now, you need to start immediately.

Now -- Follow these steps to make git ignore your node_modules folder.

  1. Create a .gitignore file in the root of your repo.

  2. Open that file and place the following line in it:

node_modules

  1. Save that file.

  2. Add, commit, and push the branch.

If you look in your repo and see a node_modules folder after following these steps and setup, you've done something wrong.

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