voidcosmos / voidcosmos/npkill

archive node_modules folder to zip or tar.gz

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Since Oct 24, 2019.

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Description

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
When I clean up node_modules I often want to save the installation for the future or when I am back in the node version, but that are a lot of steps to do.

Describe the solution you'd like
Moving the node_modules folder to an archive file, which is small and can be later unpacked.

Describe alternatives you've considered
no idea

Additional context
no

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