How to get TFS to ignore all folders with a certain name

Question

Starting with Visual Studio 2015 all solutions create a hidden ".vs" folder with various things under it like applicationhost.config, .suo files, etc...

For informational purposes I'm running TFS 2013 update 4 and I'm not in control of the system so I have no access to upgrade the system.

I know I could go to every solution folder and add a .tfsignore file there with ".vs*" or something similar to ignore the folder but what I'm looking for is how to add a .tfsignore at the root that will ignore all ".vs" folders and the files under them no matter where they are located in the various sub directories.

Thanks.

Answer 1

You can put a .vs declaration in a .tfignore file that is in the parent folder of all solution files. This will take precedence over lower files.

No wildcards such as * are required. Also, .tfignore files use backslashes \ instead of /.