Excluding files from source control

Question

Hello,

In "Source Control File Types" on my tfs server, I have "file merging" disabled for Image Files, but that I still get hundreds of dynamically created image files that my asp.net website uses showing up in my Pending Changes list in tfs. 

Is there anyway I can tell tfs to not try to do source control on a particular file type?

-Eric

Answer 1

Yes you can.

See http://www.ewaldhofman.nl/post/2009/08/02/Change-the-file-masks-that-are-excluded-by-Source-Control.aspx

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Answer 2

Ewald,

I'm having problems implementing this.

I added .png to this registry entry but I'm seeing png files still in my list of pending checkins.

I've tried refreshing the list and I've tried restarting Visual Studio.

My registry looks like now:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0\TeamFoundation]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0\TeamFoundation\OfficeIntegration]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0\TeamFoundation\OfficeIntegration\Excel]
"tbTop"=dword:fffffff8
"tbLeft"=dword:fffffff8
"tbWidth"=dword:000000c8
"tbHeight"=dword:0000001a
"tbVisible"=dword:00000001
"tbRowIndex"=dword:00000006
"tbPosition"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0\TeamFoundation\Power Tools]
"DefaultTemplateStore"="C:\\Users\\eric.goforth\\Documents\\Work Item Templates"
"TeamTrackerEnabled"="True"
"TeamTrackerContactSyncEnabled"="True"
"TemplateEnabled"="True"
"WindowsExplorerEnabled"="True"
"WildcardStatusSearchEnabled"="True"
"QuickLabelEnabled"="True"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0\TeamFoundation\Servers]
"ral-dev-tfs-01"="http://ral-dev-tfs-01:8080"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0\TeamFoundation\Servers\ral-dev-tfs-01]
"AutoReconnect"=dword:00000001
"Offline"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0\TeamFoundation\SourceControl]
"GetLatestOnCheckOut"="False"
"ShowDeletedItems"="True"
"FilterPendingChangesBySolution"="True"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0\TeamFoundation\SourceControl\AddOptions]
"ExcludeMasks"="Debug;Release;*.pdb;*.obj;*.dll;*.exe;*.res;*.resources;*.cache;*.ilk;*.ncb;*.lce;*.png "

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0\TeamFoundation\SourceControl\DiffTools]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0\TeamFoundation\SourceControl\DiffTools\.*]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0\TeamFoundation\SourceControl\DiffTools\.*\Compare]
"Command"="C:\\Program Files\\Beyond Compare 2\\BC2.exe"
"Arguments"="%1 %2"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0\TeamFoundation\SourceControl\Explorer]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0\TeamFoundation\SourceControl\Explorer\167425d8-6899-4ca1-967d-589a3fe1add9]
"LastWorkspace"="SCRATCH2"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0\TeamFoundation\SourceControl\FolderDifference]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0\TeamFoundation\SourceControl\FolderDifference\Filters]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0\TeamFoundation\SourceControl\FolderDifference\ViewOptions]
"ShowTargetOnlyItems"="False"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0\TeamFoundation\SourceControl\PendingCheckins]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0\TeamFoundation\SourceControl\PendingCheckins\167425d8-6899-4ca1-967d-589a3fe1add9]
"LastWorkspace"="SCRATCH2"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0\TeamFoundation\SourceControl\Proxy]
"Enabled"="False"
"Url"=""

Answer 3

Hi Eric,

Because WebSite considers all files in the website folder belong to it,  Source Control will include the auto-generated images. You can use WebApplication instead of WebSite , which is suggested in Version Control.

Another way is to Cloak the Images folder.
Check in the image folder and then cloak it in source control explorer. Source Control will delete the local folder but you can add it(with the same name) later.
 Now any files in this folder will not appear in Pending Change again. But do not expand the folder in solution explorer because souce control will try to add all files in WebSite .

Best Regards,
Ruiz

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