npm and gulp not working

[pyasskin]

I'm opening this issue because:

• [x ] npm is crashing.
• npm is producing an incorrect install.
• x[ ] npm is doing something I don't understand.
• Other (see below for feature requests):

What's going wrong?

Because of previous problems, I was told the node-modules should not be saved with the repository since it is different on Win/Mac/Linux. So I added node_modules/ to .gitignore. Then gulp stopped working and npm would not reinstall gulp. I tried reinstalling node.js. No change. it says
Error: Cannot find module 'browser-sync'
I tried several thinks shown in attachment.
How do I get thinks working again?
Thanks

How can the CLI team reproduce the problem?

supporting information:

• npm -v prints:

• node -v prints:

• npm config get registry prints:

• Windows,
  gitnpmgulperror.txt
  npm-debug.pdf

• Network issues:

  • Geographic location where npm was run:
  • I use a proxy to connect to the npm registry.
  • I use a proxy to connect to the web.
  • I use a proxy when downloading Git repos.
  • I access the npm registry via a VPN
  • I don't use a proxy, but have limited or unreliable internet access.

• Container:

  • I develop using Vagrant on Windows.
  • I develop using Vagrant on OS X or Linux.
  • I develop / deploy using Docker.
  • I deploy to a PaaS (Triton, Heroku).

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