Gulp and the file problem (thousands of them). What to do?

Question

gulp.js

why there are a lot of files in the node_modules folder besides my 3 plugins, there are a lot of other folders. There is an example of a git to ignore what and how to write it and where to put it. On the video, he opens the folder and there he only has his plugins and I have 60 folders there. Please tell me what to do.

Answer 1

Create a gitignor or augment an existing one with this line: node_modules/
But this will only make them invisible to git.
They will still remain in the folder, of course.