Vaadin what to add for version-control

Question

we are using Vaadin 14. Which folders in the project should we commit to the Version-Control? The folder node_modules is very large which is very time consuming, should we commit this?

Answer 1

• node_modules directory should not be added to version control!

• package.json and package-lock.json keep track of npm packages and pin their versions. You may want to add these to version control, in particular, if you added any local package directly with npm.

• webpack.config.js is webpack configuration. You can add custom webpack configuration to this file. You may want to add these to version control.

• webpack.generated.js is auto-generated webpack configuration imported by webpack.config.js. Do not add to version control, as it is always overwritten by vaadin-maven-plugin during execution of the prepare-frontend goal.

See Build and Maintain a V14 project for more info.