gitignore error while creating loopbackjs app

Question

I downloaded loopbackjs on my windows using the npm command. But while creating an app there is an error showing constantly.

node:events:368


throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event
      ^

Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, scandir 'C:\Users\Rohit Pandey\rohit-pandey\_.gitignore'
    at Object.readdirSync (node:fs:1390:3)
    at exports.readdir (C:\Users\Rohit Pandey\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\@loopback\cli\node_modules\@mrmlnc\readdir-enhanced\lib\sync\fs.js:18:20)
    at Object.safeCall [as safe] (C:\Users\Rohit Pandey\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\@loopback\cli\node_modules\@mrmlnc\readdir-enhanced\lib\call.js:24:8)
    at DirectoryReader.readNextDirectory (C:\Users\Rohit Pandey\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\@loopback\cli\node_modules\@mrmlnc\readdir-enhanced\lib\directory-reader.js:78:10)
    at Readable.DirectoryReader.stream._read (C:\Users\Rohit Pandey\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\@loopback\cli\node_modules\@mrmlnc\readdir-enhanced\lib\directory-reader.js:57:18)
    at Readable.read (node:internal/streams/readable:496:27)
    at readdirSync (C:\Users\Rohit Pandey\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\@loopback\cli\node_modules\@mrmlnc\readdir-enhanced\lib\sync\index.js:27:21)
    at Function.readdirSyncStat (C:\Users\Rohit Pandey\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\@loopback\cli\node_modules\@mrmlnc\readdir-enhanced\lib\index.js:34:10)
    at ReaderSync.dynamicApi (C:\Users\Rohit Pandey\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\@loopback\cli\node_modules\yeoman-generator\node_modules\fast-glob\out\providers\reader-sync.js:64:24)
    at ReaderSync.api (C:\Users\Rohit Pandey\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\@loopback\cli\node_modules\yeoman-generator\node_modules\fast-glob\out\providers\reader-sync.js:56:25)
Emitted 'error' event on Readable instance at:
    at emitErrorNT (node:internal/streams/destroy:164:8)
    at emitErrorCloseNT (node:internal/streams/destroy:129:3)
    at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:83:21) {
  errno: -4058,
  syscall: 'scandir',
  code: 'ENOENT',
  path: 'C:\\Users\\Rohit Pandey\\rohit-pandey\\_.gitignore'
}

Answer 1

This is an issue that we are actively tracking: gitignore error while creating loopbackjs app

A workaround is to downgrade to an LTS release of Node.js (At this time of writing, v14 and v16).

As a best practice, we recommend sticking to LTS releases of Node.js to ensure stability as there have been breaking changes that occurred within Current releases, and to provide the maintainers time to investigate.

Answer 2

Problem was with node version. I had downloaded most recent Node 17 which had backward compatibility issue.SO i downloaded LTS version of Nodejs. It's working fine now.