bug: ENOENT: no such file or directory, copyfile 'node_modules/react-native-test-app/example/.gitignore' -> 'example/.gitignore'

[andrew-hm]

What happened?

running init-test-app crashes due to behavior in npm. i'm no expert on the matter so take this solution with grain of salt. adding a .npmignore file will preserve the .gitignore file in the example folder. steps to reproduce are simple enough. i'm using node 18.9.1 with npm v8.19.1. run npm install react-native-test-app and you will see that under node_modules/react-native-test-app/example there is a .npmignore file but not the .gitignore file as expected. if you download the tarball from npm you will see the .gitignore as expected. simplest solution is to just add an empty .npmignore file to the example folder to prevent this behavior 🤷‍♂️

Version

2.0.3

What platforms are you seeing this issue on?

• Android
• iOS
• macOS
• Windows

System Information

not relevant

Steps to Reproduce

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[tido64]

Thanks for filing this! I was not expecting npm to mutate the package like this. Will try the workaround you suggested.