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JavaScript npm Basics Managing Packages with NPM Ignore Files and Directories with gitignore

karan Badhwar
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karan Badhwar
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/gitignore

So do i just need to add node_modules/ in the files and github will recognize what files is inside this or do i need to give path?

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Jassim Alhatem
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Yes, adding node_modules/ will ignore the entire directory. Check out this quick read about gitignore.