.include & .exclude files in web site

[KJ]

Hello All,

Can someone please explain what these .exclude/.include files are? They
only show up in some web site projects, and it seems to be related to
deleting. Any ideas?

 

[Juan T. Llibre]

They aren't related to deleting the files.

They are related to excluding the files from a project.

VS.NET will add the .exclude extension when you exclude a file
from the peoject, and delete the extension when you re-include it.

 

[KJ]

Is there any way to keep these files from being automatically added to
VSS?

 

[Laurent Bugnion]

Hi,

Is there any way to keep these files from being automatically added to
VSS?

Not with the "website" model. However, you can use the Web Application
Template, in which you build your website more like an application (like
in 1.1), and you can choose which files you include/exclude without
changing their names.
http://webproject.scottgu.com/

HTH,
Laurent