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# Clean NODE_MODULE cache
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### One Paragraph Explainer
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Node package managers, npm & Yarn, cache the installed packages locally so that future projects which need the same libraries won't need to fetch from a remote repository. Although this duplicates the packages and consumes more storage - it pays off in a local development environment that typically keeps installing the same packages. In a Docker container this storage increase is worthless since it installs the dependency only once. By removing this cache, using a single line of code, tens of MB are shaved from the image. While doing so, ensure that it doesn't exit with non-zero code and fail the CI build because of caching issues - This can be avoided by including the --force flag.
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*Please not that this is not relevant if you are using a multi-stage build as long as you don't install new packages in the last stage*
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### Code Example – Clean cache
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<details>
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<summary><strong>Dockerfile</strong></summary>
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```dockerfile
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FROM node:12-slim AS build
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WORKDIR /usr/src/app
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COPY package.json package-lock.json ./
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RUN npm ci --production && npm cache clean --force
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# The rest comes here
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```
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</details>
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