Update .gitignore

[KulkarniSuraj]

Adds more entries to .gitignore
https://github.com/github/gitignore/blob/master/Node.gitignore

since node_modules was created before adding .gitignore it is still being tracked
so node modules was deleted and then added to .gitignore

• bug fixes

• Enhancements

you can delete node_modules manually from your master branch

[prafulla-codes]

I think it is mandatory to update, the node_modules in case of a GitHub action, I read this somewhere, can you please confirm it @KulkarniSuraj

[KulkarniSuraj]

I have read that npm ci does fresh installation everytime the action is run
and it is faster than npm install

[KulkarniSuraj]

right now the git is tracking entire node modules and its subdirectories for a single commit
and it also increases the size of project

[rahil1304]

Gitignore already had node_modules right?
So what's the point of adding the files individually to gitignore? Does adding files individually compared to the entire folder help in any way?

[KulkarniSuraj]

I have read that npm ci does fresh installation everytime the action is run
and it is faster than npm install

npm ci is present in .github/workflows/node.js.yml
it removes node_modules if already present
refer to https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/ci.html

[KulkarniSuraj]

Gitignore already had node_modules right?
So what's the point of adding the files individually to gitignore? Does adding files individually compared to the entire folder help in any way?

node_modules were still being tracked

[rahil1304]

Gitignore already had node_modules right?
So what's the point of adding the files individually to gitignore? Does adding files individually compared to the entire folder help in any way?

node_modules were still being tracked

How was it being tracked? The .gitignore file had "node_modules" in it. So that means any changes to the node_modules folder was not being tracked by git.

[KulkarniSuraj]

Gitignore already had node_modules right?
So what's the point of adding the files individually to gitignore? Does adding files individually compared to the entire folder help in any way?

node_modules were still being tracked

How was it being tracked? The .gitignore file had "node_modules" in it. So that means any changes to the node_modules folder was not being tracked by git.

I had same doubt. but node_modules was present even before .gitignore
and I noticed that git was tracking the changes in node modules, I don't know why

[KulkarniSuraj]

Gitignore already had node_modules right?
So what's the point of adding the files individually to gitignore? Does adding files individually compared to the entire folder help in any way?

node_modules were still being tracked

How was it being tracked? The .gitignore file had "node_modules" in it. So that means any changes to the node_modules folder was not being tracked by git.

please refer to this commit ede0d78

[prafulla-codes]

Ok @KulkarniSuraj, you mean actions can run using
npm ci, that way there is no need to track node_modules?

It would be great then, because it will reduce the size of the project considerably

[prafulla-codes]

Interesting, i have some queries before I accept this PR

Do we need to put npm ci script somewhere explicitly so that it runs fine in production?

[KulkarniSuraj]

@Pika1998 As you mentioned earlier node_modules might be required for javascript actions
many people are facing same problems with node_modules.
until Github solves this problem we can use @vercel/ncc or some other utility like this
which will compile all the code into single file which can be used by user.
This approach is also mentioned on javascript action page
Although this issue needs some more research I would like to know your thoughts on this

[prafulla-codes]

Ok as of now let's stick with the node_modules, I will try to do some research on the approach you are talking about and get back to you 😃

[KulkarniSuraj]

Ok as of now let's stick with the node_modules, I will try to do some research on the approach you are talking about and get back to you 😃

Yeah! sure we can work on this later

[KulkarniSuraj]

I was also thinking of adding test/output to .gitignore
because files in this folder are generated every time we run npm run dev
I was going to add those commits to this pull request
should I create separate pull request for that?

[prafulla-codes]

@KulkarniSuraj that's a nice idea, please make it as a separate PR