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carlosrberto
carlosrberto

Reputation: 893

Switch node_modules folder when I change git branch

I'm working with two branches, master and feature-1

In the master branch I'm using a lib [email protected]

In the branch feature-1 I've installed a new version from lib xyz version 2.0

feature-1 was not merged yet on master branch, because it's not done. Then when I switch to master again I've to re-install the [email protected], and if I switch again to feature-1 I've to re-install the [email protected]

What's the best workflow approach in theses cases?

Upvotes: 20

Views: 4427

Answers (1)

Philippe
Philippe

Reputation: 31227

You do things well with git and each time you switch, you have to do your npm i.

But perhaps if you switch very often from one branch to the other, you should think about using git worktree introduced in some recent git versions and which permit to have another branch checked out in another folder (here feature-1) but sharing the same repository (perfect for this type of work flow!) .

That way you will be able to do the npm i once for each branch and work in parallel on each branch.

It's quite simple to use but I will let you have a look to the documentation.

Once you're finished, just delete the folder with the added workspace (but not the main one with the .git folder!)

Upvotes: 27

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