NPM clean modules

Question

Is there a way to get npm to unbuild all the modules under node_modules? Something like npm rebuild that removes all build artifacts but doesn\'t rebuild them?

Answer 1

I added this to my package.json:

"build": "npm build",
"clean": "rm -rf node_modules", 
"reinstall": "npm run clean && npm install", 
"rebuild": "npm run clean && npm install && npm run build",

Seems to work well.

Answer 2

There is actually special command for this job

npm ci

It will delete node_modules directory and will install packages with respect your package-lock.json file

More info: https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/ci.html