I could not use git push for my ionic app due to the node modules folder being too long.
I used .gitignore to ignore the node_modules, platforms and the plugins folder as a solution.
My comp broke and now I have a loaner comp that I'd like to continue developing on.
When I git pull from this new computer, I know how to add back the platforms and plugins with command line tools, but I'm at a loss on how to add the node modules folder.
I saved app in a zip before my comp broke, but I can't even unzip this in my new comp because the node modules folder is too long when unzipping...
How do I get back the node modules folder into this cloned directory? (Side question, can I just copy the platforms and plugins folder from my zip into this cloned folder, or do I need to use command line tools with ionic platforms add ... and ionic plugin add ...?)
You'll need to open the command line and navigate to the project folder. Then you can run the following command to redownload the node packages. The node_modules folder is only necessary if you use the gulp tasks (such as sass).
npm install
The other two commands, ionic platforms add [platform] and ionic plugin add [plugin] setup the project for a particular platform and plugin. You can copy these two folders back in. When you create a platform, such as ios, you generate a set of files that you may modify for deployment. You'll want to retain the changes to the project configuration, so I would keep them in your git repository.