Exclude T4Template-generated files from source control

[rpldcox]

In preparation for upgrading, I am evaluating Vault 9 using the Vault Standard Client version 9.1.0 (584) and Visual Studio is set to use the Standard Classic Client.

TL;DR: I can't exclude the files generated by T4 Templates from source control. The menu option doesn't appear.

Long version: In previous versions of Vault, I excluded the output files from T4 Templates (that is, the .cs files which were generated from the .tt files) by selected the .cs output in Solution Explorer and using the menu option File | Source Control | 'Exclude from source control'. In version 9 the menu option no longer appears for the output files. (It does appear for the template files and pretty much all other files, however.)

So we are stuck with storing the generated files in source control.

Is this behaviour intentional?

[Beth]

I still see the Exclude From Source Control option in the File - Source Control menu. Are you checking under the File menu or the right-click menu?

What type of project is this?

Is the solution file in Vault and bound?

[rpldcox]

Hi Beth,

Thanks for your reply.

I still see the Exclude From Source Control option in the File - Source Control menu. Are you checking under the File menu or the right-click menu?

Under the File menu.

What type of project is this?

It happens in an ASP.NET Web Application and a C# Class Library.

Is the solution file in Vault and bound?

Yes it is.

The project was originally created in VS2013 and imported into VS2015. I will try creating a new project in 2015 in a new solution and see what happens there.

[Beth]

The Exclude From Source Control is not available for websites that are not source controlling the .sln. If you have a web application though, that has the exclude under the file menu.

[rpldcox]

Sorry for the delay in following this up.

I have created a brand new solution containing a single Console app. project. I added a new Text Template and set the output extension to '.cs'. I can exclude the '.tt' file from Source Control, but not the output file ('.cs').

Screen shot taken when the .tt file is selected:

Screen shot taken when .tt file is selected

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Screen shot taken when .CS file is selected:

Screen shot taken when .CS file is selected.

T4TemplateProblemScreenShot-CS.png (221.43 KiB) Viewed 7632 times

This is not a web application, so I think your last comment will not apply.

[Beth]

but not the output file

Thanks. That was the key for reproducing the issue. I will get a bug logged for the developers. I haven't found a way around the issue yet.


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