Prevent fuzzy search in node_modules folder in Atom editor
The fuzzy search feature in Atom is as simple as it is powerful, it allow You to quickly find a file writing any part of the filename.

Y U INDEX NODE_MODULES
A common problem that can emerge is that the Atom’s fuzzy search plugin indexes folders that are not only huge but where you are not very likely to look anything inside, for example node_module folder.
ignore and global ignore
Theres an option in fuzzy finder’s setting to allow you to decide ignore, even better the package automatically include a global ignore list that packages can subscribe to.
The global ignore is in the core setting and accept multiple value separated by a comma, some values are already ignore by default, .git for example, to add node_modules to the folder to ignore just add it in here.

Originally published at undevstanding.com on January 2, 2016.