Preventing TFS from adding Temporary files

Question

I am working on a Project that is bind in TFS, this project gives me a folder Log.

When I execute my project and do some testing it generates text files and store in Log folder.

After that when I try to check in files those files are checked in as a new file in TFS.

I want TFS to exclude these files. Folders where I store temp files are:

Is there a setting in TFS where I can say it not to include this folder in TFS but Get latest from server if any?

Is it possible to create a Check-in-Policy for this problem?

If it is project item you just can open projectname.csproj.vspcss file and write number of files to exclude and links to them. "NUMBER_OF_EXCLUDED_FILES" = "1" "EXCLUDED_FILE0" = "web.config" — Denis Agarev, Mar 17 '12 at 09:47
The folder is from TFS but the files are generated at local system. Maximum Number of files is unlimited. — Imran Rizvi, Mar 17 '12 at 09:51
possible duplicate of [Forbidden Patterns Check-In Policy in TFS 2010](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2741412/forbidden-patterns-check-in-policy-in-tfs-2010) — Mohamad Shiralizadeh, Jun 09 '15 at 05:49

KMoraz · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-17T13:09:07.070

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Use the Forbidden Patterns Policy included in the TFS Power Tools

The following regex prevents suo files from being checked-in:

\.((?i)suo$)

The following regex prevents bin, obj and debug folders from being checked-in:

^\\(bin)|(obj)|(debug)\\$

edited Mar 17 '12 at 13:09

answered Mar 17 '12 at 10:04

KMoraz

can you provide a regex that excludes all files from one fixed location (folder) – Imran Rizvi Mar 17 '12 at 11:55
my temp files are stored in WebPages\ErrorLogs and WebPages\TempReports folder. as per your answer is this right: ^\\((WebPages)\(ErrorLogs))|((WebPages)\(TempReports))\$ – Imran Rizvi Mar 17 '12 at 17:52
This should do: `/(ErrorLogs)|(TempReports)/*` – KMoraz Mar 17 '12 at 19:07
What about the WebPages folder, don't you think this should be consider in expression? – Imran Rizvi Mar 18 '12 at 09:06
I suppose you can prefix it, but it's not a must unless you have multiple ErrorLogs or TempReports folders – KMoraz Mar 18 '12 at 09:46

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 22 '12 at 14:05

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If you are using Team Explorer Everywhere you can use this document to find out how to configure the policies directly through the Eclipse plugin.

answered Oct 22 '12 at 14:05

Norman H

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