Reference DLLs in ASP.NET without \Bin or GAC

Question

I have an ASP.NET project under source control (Subversion). For various reasons, I don\'t want to add the \\Bin directory or its contents to source control, so I have it sv

Answer 1

Project references are stored in the .csproj or .vbproj file which should be under source control. The .refresh file is completely irrelevant and is only an assistance file for the studio. If you create a directory local to the project or solution and store all compiled references not already in the GAC in this directory, you can then add that directory to the source control and reference directly from there. This way all developers are guaranteed to have the most current copy (from source control) of the .dll when they perform their next compile and it will never impact the /bin.

Getting your developers to "Get Latest Version" ... you're on your own for that one. I still haven't figured it out.

Maybe another memo.