mkdir express-sqlite-lab && cd express-sqlite-lab
npm init -y
git init
echo "console.log('Hello, Express + SQLite!')" > index.js
git add .
git commit -m "chore: init Node project with index.js"
npm i express better-sqlite3 morgan dotenv
npm i -D nodemon
git branch -M main
git remote add origin https://github.com/codeingn00b/Git-node-modules.git
git push -u origin main

Create .gitignore manually

write in: node_modules/ ,.env ,dist/ ,coverage/ ,.DS_Store

git rm -r --cached node_modules
git add .gitignore
git commit -m "fix: remove node_modules from tracking and add .gitignore"
git push
git check-ignore -v node_modules
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