socket.io + node.js on heroku

Question

I\'m having some issues in compiling a socket.io app on heroku.

Thats the app.js file

var app = require(\'express\').createServer()
   , io = require         


        

Answer 1

When you run npm install locally, hiredis creates some files with paths that are specific to your machine. When you push these cached dependencies to Heroku, the build fails.

Waf: Entering directory `/Users/gaggina/Desktop/socket2/node_modules/socket.io/node_modules/redis/node_modules/hiredis/build'

You can get around this problem by removing the node_modules/hiredis directory from source control, letting Heroku compile it anew:

git rm -rf node_modules/hiredis
rm -rf node_modules/hiredis
echo "node_modules/hiredis" >> .gitignore