avoid rebuilding node_modules in elastic beanstalk

Question

We have a fairly simple node.js app, but due to AWS Elastic Beanstalk deployment mechanism, it takes about 5 minutes to roll-out a new version (via git aws.push

Answer 1

I had 10+ minute builds when I would deploy. The solution was much simpler than others have came up with... Just check node_modules into git! See http://www.futurealoof.com/posts/nodemodules-in-git.html for the reasoning