git 不忽略 node_modules 文件夹

Question

Currently git is not ignoring node_modules folder. I have tried below command:

git rm -r --cached node_modules

Output of above line:

fatal: pathspec 'node_modules' did not match any files

When I run git status I get the following output:

$ git status
On branch master

No commits yet

Untracked files:
  (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed)

        configs/
        node_modules/
        package-lock.json
        package.json
        routes/
        server.js

nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track)

I don't want to include my node_modules/ folder the next time I run git add . . Currently it is adding all the files from node_modules/ folder.

Answer 1

You need to add .gitignore file in same directory where are node_modules

and put this inside

# dependencies
/node_modules