Cannot include node_modules

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I’m trying to make Jekyll serve node_modules on GitHub Pages. The following is my _config.yml:

include:
  - node_modules

What am I doing wrong?

2

that sounds like a terrible idea, why? usually there is a million files in there.

Do you need them for a JS app? shouldn’t your build process create what you need in a new js file?

With that in the config is there no node_modules folder in the site folder? I think jekyll tries pretty hard to ignore that folder, maybe just having it in the include is not enough?

3

according to the docs you should be able to include them like you did:

maybe you have a syntax error in the way you did it? looks right to me though but maybe there is more in your config file that is causing an issue.

4

of course you are trying to do this on GH pages, how? are you committing the site folder? I think you would have to. So you need to build it locally and get the node_modules folder into your site folder locally, then push the site folder and then it may work.

Still think it is a bad idea, likely another way to do what you want I would think.

5

@rdyar I understand your objection, but I won’t ever have hundreds of files in this node_modules directory.

Please see the https://github.com/mondalaci/dxf2svg2kicad/blob/gh-pages/_config.yml files. Am I missing anything? https://mondalaci.github.io/dxf2svg2kicad/node_modules/b-spline/index.js is inaccessible.

6

node_modules is excluded by default. So with versions older than Jekyll 4.0, you need to override the exclude array:

# _config.yml with Jekyll 3.8.x and older

# override the default exclude array
exclude:
  - Gemfile
  - Gemfile.lock
  - vendor/

With Jekyll 4.0, you may simply include stuff excluded:

# _config file with Jekyll 4.0.0 (and newer)

include:
  - .htaccess
  - node_modules
7

@ashmaroli Thanks! I’ve changed the config as suggested, but the referenced file is still inaccessible. Am I still missing something?

8

However, I’m able to access the file as expected:
https://mondalaci.github.io/dxf2svg2kicad/node_modules/b-spline/index.js

9

Now I can access it, too. It has taken a while for GitHub Pages to catch up. Thanks for everything!

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