title: NodeJS with MongoDB - Pushing project to Github
body: <p>I am fairly new to NodeJS and MongoDB, I started a new project with a MEAN stack with Webstorm. I have an empty base project and want to commit it to Github. </p>
  
  <p>I have a directory called "data" for the MongoDB part of the project. Just setting this directory up with MongoDB loaded it up with 300mb of files. Is it safe to gitignore this data directory? Github doesnt like the large files.</p>
  
  <p>Picture of the files MongoDB generated</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/bwCgQ.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/bwCgQ.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>