Why are Hundreds of json files in the node_modules/.cache/babel-loader folder in a react app?

Question

Set up a react app with create-react-app. Everything works fine. Problem: On vscode, the git tab is always showing hundreds of json files modification and creation on the folder node_modules/.cache/babel-loader. This did not happen on my previous projects.

I've tried reinstalling babel with no results. Deleting the files does nothing.

files in the folder look as fallows: 0aab1329ff345c34fe844d530b69ce5d.json

Answer 1

If you only see created files, then you should just add node_modules to your .gitignore file. If you see modified files, then you have already committed these to source control. You should remove them with git rm and still add node_modules to .gitignore.