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

You need to be using local workspaces for .tfignore to work. The .tfignore file must be in the folder that contains the files or folders you want to ignore.

So if your solution structure looks like this:

\Project
   \Packages
   \OtherStuff
   foo.cs

You'd put your .tfignore file in \Project:

\Project
   \Packages
   \OtherStuff
   foo.cs
   .tfignore

The contents of the .tfignore in your case would be:

\packages

Here's some documentation for you: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/vstudio/ms245454(v=vs.110).aspx#tfignore