Then how can you ever install anything in the first place?

kasey_junk · on March 23, 2016

Having no understanding of the broader js context I assumed the comment to mean "all library dependencies should be checked in, build tools should be defined & specified & able to fully recreate the build given they are installed".

For the record this is a well known & frequently advocated for build pattern.

aidos · on March 23, 2016

Fair enough, I guess I was just thinking of the issue I'd run into with trying to actually install anything in the first place.

In the case of npm though, installation brings down a lot of files so it's not super efficient. I've installed 15 packages and have over 12,000 files (75MB) to show for it.

kofejnik · on March 23, 2016

this is not a serious burden on git, plus they will rarely change

profmonocle · on March 23, 2016

You can still do npm install / npm update, just do git add -A node_modules && git commit right after.