Node.js · Junior · Question 29 of 75

Should `node_modules` be committed to git?

✓Correct answer: No: add it to .gitignore and commit package.json with the lock file instead
2Only the folders of packages you wrote yourself
3Yes, always, so the project works offline

Explanation

node_modules is large and platform-specific (native modules). Anyone can recreate it exactly from the lock file with npm ci.

Further reading

npm Docs: package-lock.json ↗

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