Angular 4 project too large on disk

Question

I found out that my Angular 4 project is around 300 MB on disk. I also figured out that the folder node_modules is the culprit for this size. Should I keep this folder out of the repository to save repository space and avoid long data traffic when updating source files on a repository? Thanks a lot.

the node_modules folder is ignored by default in most .gitignore configs — Jota.Toledo, Dec 04 '17 at 22:57
this is a dup of https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18128863/should-node-modules-folder-be-included-in-the-git-repository/ — Jota.Toledo, Dec 04 '17 at 22:59

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 04 '17 at 22:57

node_modules should be ignored when the project is uploaded to CVS, doing the opposite defies the purpose of a package manager.

While package-lock.json (introduced in NPM 5) should be commited, it locks currently installed dependencies and allows to replicate the state of node_modules on npm i.

Angular 4 project too large on disk

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