Describe your feature request
A warning that node_modules is inaccessible if you try to move/copy/etc a file into ~/node_modules.
What problem(s) would this feature solve?
The inability to recover files that are moved into node_modules.
Explain what you were trying to do when you came across the problem leading to this feature request
I was looking for a way to hide sensitive information (api keys, etc). The secrets feature doesn’t seem to be allowed on static projects. I saw another suggestion to move the file into the node_modules folder, so I did. Now I can’t access the file anymore.
$ mv bookie.js node_modules
$ ls -h
bookie.js.template gitignore index.html node_modules replit.nix script.js style.css
$ cd node_modules
bash: cd: node_modules: Not a directory
$ ls -h
bookie.js.template gitignore index.html node_modules replit.nix script.js style.css
$ cd .node_modules
bash: cd: node_modules: Not a directory
Yes the secrets feature isn’t available on static projects. An easy fix is to use NodeJS. I don’t know JS very well, but I was able to use it like I would any static HTML project. I just used a template, and then in the public folder where index.html was I created other HTML files, JS, and CSS and it worked like a static HTML page. Ultimately this is a poor use of NodeJS, but if it works for your purposes, then you should do it. That’s what I did.
On a side note, what happens when you run cat node_modules? Maybe it’s a file somehow?
That gave me my file! Yay, I guess it is a file. So when I moved the file into node_modules, it just tacked the content of bookie.js into node_modules file?
. If this solved your problem, please mark it as solved.