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Reputation: 7323

Visual Studio 2015 - vcxproj.filters file occasionally becomes invalid XML

Sometimes when working on a large solution, some projects lose all filters (and become a giant list of files instead). When checking the .vcxproj.filters file, it is indeed invalid XML. I then have to fix the problems manually and reload the project.

However, it is not cut off at the end - it is actually missing lines in the middle, which makes it unlikely to be an unexpected interruption while writing the file.

Here's what it currently looks like:

<ClInclude Include="plugins\FileName1.h">
  <Filter>plugins</Filter>
</ClInclude>
<ClInclude Include="utils\FileName2.h">
  <Filter>utils</Filter>
<ClInclude Include="otherfolder\FileName3.h">
  <Filter>otherfolder</Filter>
</ClInclude>

Note the lack of closing tag for FileName2.h.

What causes this to happen, and how to avoid it in the future?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 809

Answers (1)

Christopher Wessel
Christopher Wessel

Reputation: 31

This problem is caused when using a merge tool that doesn't recognize the closing tag as a line that needs to be added. A merge tool sees the line </ClInclude> as already present in the target file, and so doesn't merge it.

I'm not sure of a fix beyond more careful merging now that you're aware of the problem.

Upvotes: 1

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