Push rejected, failed to compile Node.js app heroku

Question

When I tried to push my nodejs app to heroku with git push heroku master, i got this:

Counting objects: 975, done.
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Answer 1

Adding node_modules may be easy but not the correct approach here. Instead do git push -f heroku master in order to FORCE push your updates telling heroku to overwrite any pre-existing node_modules. This way your git repo is not bogged down with node libs.