How to remove node_modules after they have been added to a repo

remove-node-modules.md

How to remove node_modules

Create a .gitignore file

1. Check for an existing .gitignore file in the project directory

ls -a

2. If your project directory has a .gitingore file - skip to step 3. Otherwise, continue with:

Create a .gitignore file in the git repository

touch .gitignore

Remove the node_modules directory

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

**/node_modules

4. Remove the node_modules folder from the git repository

git rm -r --cached node_modules

Commit All Changes

5. Commit the git repository without the node_modules folder

git commit -m "Removed node_modules folder"

6. Push the change to the remote repo

git push origin main

7. Commit the .gitignore file

git add .gitignore
git commit -m "Updated the .gitignore file"
git push origin main

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