Remove node_modules from git in vscode

Question

Getting error while removing node_modules in git, vscode terminal

 git rm -r --cached node_modules

Error:

Answer 1

You can remove folders from git without the command-line using vs-code.
If you want to remove node_modules from git:

1. rename node_modules to node_modulesx
2. add node_modulesx to .gitignore (create a .gitignore file if you need to)
3. commit

The above 3 steps will remove the node_modules folder from git.

4. rename node_modulesx back to node_modules
5. now add node_modules to .gitignore (or change node_modulesx to node_modules in your .gitignore)
6. commit

Now your node_modules folder still exists, but will not be committed to git anymore.