Should I publish my module's node_modules when doing npm publish?

Question

I am working on a npm module with a couple dependencies. Now, should i publish the dependencies along with my product via the node_modules folder or not?

Answer 1

No you should not.

You should list all your dependencies in your package.json and publish that.

Your node_modules folder is automatically created when doing an npm install of the module, or npm install in a directory with a package.json.