Fix npm ENOWENT Package.json Not Found on Mac - Fix VS Code Git Not Detecting Changes After .gitignore Update-Python UnicodeDecodeError Fix: Encoding Tips

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Fix npm ENOWENT Package.json Not Found on Mac - Fix VS Code Git Not Detecting Changes After .gitignore Update-Python UnicodeDecodeError Fix: Encoding Tips
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