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ci: delete the contents of node_modules only, not the directory#2083

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@nlf nlf commented Oct 29, 2020

this makes it so that instead of deleting the entire node_modules directory, we instead delete only its contents. this used to be the case in npm 6 and the current state of things is a regression.

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@nlf nlf force-pushed the nlf/delete-contents-not-dir branch from e365961 to f00d475 Compare October 29, 2020 20:38
@darcyclarke darcyclarke added Release 7.x work is associated with a specific npm 7 release release: next These items should be addressed in the next release labels Oct 29, 2020
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rimraf(`${where}/node_modules/`),
rimraf(`${where}/node_modules/*`, { glob: { dot: true, nosort: true, silent: true } }),
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does this include .bin and other dotfiles?

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yes! the default options passed to glob from rimraf are { nosort: true, silent: true } adding dot: true is the effective change here, which per glob's documentation:

You can make glob treat dots as normal characters by setting dot:true in the options.

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