guage-text">node_modules</code> to <code class="language-text">.npmignore</code>.</p>
<p>The following paths and files are never ignored, so adding them to
<code class="language-text">.npmignore</code> is pointless:</p>
<ul>
<li><code class="language-text">package.json</code></li>
<li><code class="language-text">README</code> (and its variants)</li>
<li><code class="language-text">CHANGELOG</code> (and its variants)</li>
<li><code class="language-text">LICENSE</code> / <code class="language-text">LICENCE</c