[QUESTION] Conflicting documentation

[jasonkarns]

What / Why

The npm ci documentation notes that if a node_modules is already present, it will be automatically removed before npm ci begins its install. However, that very same documentation shows an example Travis CI config that caches node_modules. What is the point of caching node_modules if npm-ci's first step is to wipe that directory?

Where

• npm cli docs https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/ci

[jasonkarns]

Oops! Closing because I didn't initially recognize that the cached directory in the example was the npm cache, not the local node_modules directory.