excluding some files and Directories from VSS   

I am setting up new developers for the first time and I need to exclude some 
files and Directories form VSS. Using VS2005 and VSS2005. I need to exclude 
the config file since it needs different entries. I also don't need some if 
the image dir's in VSS.

Thank you
-- 
Jerry

date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 15:28:01 -0800   author:   Jerry C am

Re: excluding some files and Directories from VSS   

On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 15:28:01 -0800, Jerry C <jerryed@nospam.nospam>
wrote:

>I am setting up new developers for the first time and I need to exclude some 
>files and Directories form VSS. Using VS2005 and VSS2005. I need to exclude 
>the config file since it needs different entries. I also don't need some if 
>the image dir's in VSS.
>
>Thank you


Use the client to delete such files, they will then only be on your
harddrive.

You can also take a look in the VSS admin "rights by project" to set
project rights for who can access your project. Some files that you
want to have sole access to you could create a subproject and put them
in there then turn off the rights for other users.

date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:36:16 +0800   author:   ajk

RE: excluding some files and Directories from VSS   

Hello Jerry,

It seems you are developing a web application, the web.config file differ 
from each developer in some entries. Thereby, it's necessary for you to 
exclude it from VSS DB, correct? If I misunderstood anything here, please 
correct me.

VS 2005 always saves all the files under current project into VSS database 
when checking in. I'm afraid we cannot exclude any file from VSS when 
working with Source Control Plug-in for VS 2005. One way to achieve that is 
using VSS Explorer to checkIn/checkOut files directly when developing. By 
this way, we can delete all unused files/directories from VSS Explorer. 
These files will not be upload/download from/into your working folder. The 
negative side of this way is that each time when you are going make some 
changes in application, you should have to check out all the related files 
into working folder. After finished, don't forget to check in all of them 
into VSS database again. We lose the feature supported by Source Control 
Plug-in.

Note: if your project has been added into VSS by VS IDE before, it's 
necessary for you to unbind it by (File|Source Control|Change Source 
Control|Unbind) before you delete any file in VSS Explorer. Otherwise, when 
you open the project by VS IDE again, all the files which have been removed 
from VSS DB will be added into VS DB again by VS IDE Source Control Plug-in.

Hope this helps, let me know if you have any more concern. We are glad to 
assist you.

Have a great day,
Best regards,

Wen Yuan
Microsoft Online Community Support 
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date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 11:35:27 GMT   author:   (WenYuan Wang [MSFT])

RE: excluding some files and Directories from VSS   

Hello Jerry,

We haven't heard from a couple of days. I just want to check if there is 
anything we can help with.
If you are facing any further issue, please feel free to update here again. 
We are glad to assist you.

Merry Christmas

Wen Yuan
Microsoft Online Community Support 
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This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

date: Mon, 24 Dec 2007 08:17:00 GMT   author:   (WenYuan Wang [MSFT])