jitsu package create packs nested node_modules

[assembler]

When I try this:

jitsu package create

It packs "/frontend/node_modules" folder even though it is excluded within .gitignore. This makes deploys rather large.. How can i fix this?

[assembler]

I tried with .npmignore and even .jitsuignore.. didn't help.

[mmalecki]

@assembler only node_modules in the package root is excluded by default. What's your usecase?

Also, the following worked for me:

[maciej@pc09 454]$ mkdir -p frontend/node_modules
[maciej@pc09 454]$ touch frontend/node_modules/.keep
[maciej@pc09 454]$ echo 'frontend/node_modules' > .gitignore
[maciej@pc09 454]$ mkdir node_modules
[maciej@pc09 454]$ touch node_modules/.keep
[maciej@pc09 454]$ echo 'node_modules' > .gitignore
[maciej@pc09 454]$ vim package.json
[maciej@pc09 454]$ jitsu snapshots create
info:    Welcome to Nodejitsu mmalecki
info:    jitsu v0.12.14, node v0.11.3
info:    It worked if it ends with Nodejitsu ok
warn:    You are using unstable version of node.js. You may experience problems.
info:    Executing command snapshots create
info:    Analyzing application dependencies in node server.js
info:    Creating snapshot 0.0.0-17
info     Uploading: [=============================] 100%
info:    Nodejitsu ok
[maciej@pc09 454]$ tar xvf ~/.jitsu/tmp/mmalecki-test-node-gd-0.0.0-17.tgz
x package/package.json
x package/.npmignore

As you can see, neither of node_modules or frontend/node_modules is included.

[assembler]

I found that the problem is that under frontend i have also the "package.json" file which describes the frontend application. If i remove that file, all works fine, but can't get it to work with it.

The use case is as follows:

A) i have main nodejs application which serves two purposes:

1. RESTful API
2. serving static assets (index.html, app.js, app.css and images)

B) I have nested frontend application which is done in angularjs. Grunt is used for building into frontend/dist folder, and build dependencies are listed in frontend/package.json file. It also uses bower for managing frontend dependencies.

I want to create optimal jitsu package (without frontend/node_modules which is huge), push it to nodejitsu and then compile the frontend there.