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ConditionRacer
ConditionRacer

Reputation: 4498

How to get visual studio 2013 source control to ignore the packages directory

I am using nuget automatic restore (the newer version, not MSBuild-integrated restore). When I build my solution, all the dependencies get downloaded, however, visual studio always adds the packages directory to source control (I'm using TFS). I've tried updating the .tfignore file and adding a .nuget/NuGet.config with <add key="disableSourceControlIntegration" value="true" />. But nothing seems to work. How do I make visual studio and tfs ignore the packages directory?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 242

Answers (1)

ConditionRacer
ConditionRacer

Reputation: 4498

The solution was to right-click on the solution and click "Enable NuGet Package Restore".

Then add the following to .tfignore:

\packages*

EDIT: I originally followed the instructions here for auto restore but was unsuccessful. Then I enabled Nuget Package Restore as described above. This worked, but is a deprecated feature (as noted by @Daniel Mann). Finally, I followed the instructions here for migrating to auto restore and now everything works correctly. I don't know if this is the right procedure, but it worked for me.

Upvotes: 2

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