git ignores node_modules folder

git ignores node_modules folder

During development, if you don't want to track many changes in your node_modules file, you can create a .gitignore file that tells git to ignore that folder.

ignore the node_modules folder in the root folder

file structure:

.
|
├── node_modules
├── src
├── .gitignore

.gitignore 文件放在最外层，与node_modules同级

.gitignore 中提到的文件/文件夹不会被 git 跟踪。

So to ignore node_modules, the contents of the .gitignore file should be as follows:

node_modules

Ignore all node_modules folders present in the whole project

file structure:

.
├── AAA
│   ├── index.html
│   └── node_modules
├── BBB
│   ├── index.html
│   └── node_modules
└── .gitignore

There are two node_modules folders in the AAA and BBB folders, and only one .gitignore file in the project root. To ignore both node_modules folders, the content of the .gitignore folder must be:

**/node_modules

Here, two consecutive asterisks ** followed by a slash / match in all directories to match the node_modules folder in the AAA and BBB folders. So this will make Git ignore both node_modules folders.