chaseappio / nm-scripts

Scripts to mount and manage a VHD (Virtual Hard Drive) for node_modules for fast restoration

nm-scripts

The nm-scripts was intented to solve the problem of the endless amount of time takes to delete node_moudles directory.

The idea is to create a VHD (Virtual Hard Drive) file for each node_modules directory that we want to maintain and then simply mount it in the relevant path.
When we want to clear node_modules we can simply format the mounted VHD volume which takes few seconds.

The repository contains 4 scripts and it is recommended to clone the repository and put the directory in the PATH.

nm-config

This command must be run on first use to configure the default VHDs size and the VHDs directory

nm-config -DefaultDiskSize 1GB -DisksFolder <Path>

nm-create

This command creates a VHD file and mount it to node_modules under the current directory

nm-create -Folder <Path>

• Folder is optional and defaults to current directory

nm-clear

This command format the current mounted node_modules

nm-clear -Folder <Path>

• Folder is optional and defaults to current directory

nm-delete

This command dismount node_modules and delete the VHD file.

nm-delete -Folder <Path>

• Folder is optional and defaults to current directory

Notes

• Scripts need to be run elevated as administrator
• It works only in Windows
• Hyper-V should be installed to have the ability to create VHD files (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/hyper-v-on-windows/quick-start/enable-hyper-v)