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Feature: A better .gitignore

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Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript
Domain
cli, tooling

Research direction

Compare the proposed Node.gitignore contents at the linked GitHub URL with the repository's current .gitignore handling, including the existing node_modules entry. Done means the generated .gitignore uses the agreed Node-specific rules without losing required project behavior.

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Description

What do you think of instead of echo "node_modules", stream
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/github/gitignore/master/Node.gitignore >> .gitignore?

Dominant language
JavaScript
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32
Forks
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First steps

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

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