How to remove node_modules folder from github/bitbucket
If your mistakenly push the node_module folder on github/bitbucket respo. Don’t worry you can easily remove the folder. Follow the below steps:
- Create a .gitignore file in the git repository if it does not contain one
touch .gitignore. - Open up the .gitignore and add the following line to the file node_modules.
- Remove the node_modules folder from the git repository git rm -r –cached node_modules.
- Commit the git repository without the node modules folder git commit -m “Removed node_module folder”.
- Push the repository to github
git push origin master
After all of that, you should also add the gitignore and commit it to the repository
git add .gitignore git commit -m "Updated the .gitignore file git push origin master
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