Get TFS to ignore my packages folder

Question

I\'m trying to get TFS (2013) to ignore my packages folder. I passionately don\'t want it source controlled as I\'m using NuGet and it\'s great!

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Answer 1

for people reporting that the .tfignore option wasn't working with the nuget.config setting it might be of interest - these steps finally worked for me:

1. Delete everything in my packages folder
2. Make sure TFS doesn't have any changes around that folder pending
3. Close VS
4. Re-open VS, and reload solution - using Nuget restore to re-populate packages Note no changes are pending for TFS source control