how-to.md

How to

clear Git cache

$ git rm -rf --cached .

clean node_modules folder of packages that are not in package.json?

$ npm prune [<name> [<name ...]]

This command removes "extraneous" packages. If a package name is provided, then only packages matching one of the supplied names are removed.

Extraneous packages are packages that are not listed on the parent package's dependencies list.

delete node_modules folder on Windows machine?

Due to its folder nesting Windows can't delete the folder as its name is too long. To solve this, install RimRaf:

$ npm install rimraf -g

And in the project folder delete the node_modules folder with:

$ rimraf node_modules