Ignore Visual Studio temporary files, build results, and

files generated by popular Visual Studio add-ons.

Get latest from https://github.com/github/gitignore/blob/main/VisualStudio.gitignore

User-specific files

*.rsuser *.suo *.user *.userosscache *.sln.docstates *.env

User-specific files (MonoDevelop/Xamarin Studio)

*.userprefs

Mono auto generated files

mono_crash.*

Build results

[Dd]ebug/ [Dd]ebugPublic/ [Rr]elease/ [Rr]eleases/

[Dd]ebug/x64/ [Dd]ebugPublic/x64/ [Rr]elease/x64/ [Rr]eleases/x64/ bin/x64/ obj/x64/

[Dd]ebug/x86/ [Dd]ebugPublic/x86/ [Rr]elease/x86/ [Rr]eleases/x86/ bin/x86/ obj/x86/

[Ww][Ii][Nn]32/ [Aa][Rr][Mm]/ [Aa][Rr][Mm]64/ [Aa][Rr][Mm]64[Ee][Cc]/ bld/ [Oo]bj/ [Oo]ut/ [Ll]og/ [Ll]ogs/

Build results on 'Bin' directories

*/[Bb]in/

Uncomment if you have tasks that rely on *.refresh files to move binaries

(github/gitignore#3736)

#!**/[Bb]in/*.refresh

Visual Studio 2015/2017 cache/options directory

.vs/

Uncomment if you have tasks that create the project's static files in wwwroot

#wwwroot/

Visual Studio 2017 auto generated files

Generated\ Files/

MSTest test Results

[Tt]est[Rr]esult*/ [Bb]uild[Ll]og.* *.trx

NUnit

.VisualState.xml TestResult.xml nunit-.xml

Approval Tests result files

.received.

Build Results of an ATL Project

[Dd]ebugPS/ [Rr]eleasePS/ dlldata.c

Benchmark Results

BenchmarkDotNet.Artifacts/

.NET Core

project.lock.json project.fragment.lock.json artifacts/ .artifacts/

ASP.NET Scaffolding

ScaffoldingReadMe.txt

StyleCop

StyleCopReport.xml

Files built by Visual Studio

*_i.c *_p.c *_h.h *.ilk *.meta *.obj *.idb *.iobj *.pch *.pdb *.ipdb *.pgc *.pgd *.rsp

but not Directory.Build.rsp, as it configures directory-level build defaults

!Directory.Build.rsp *.sbr *.tlb *.tli *.tlh *.tmp *.tmp_proj *_wpftmp.csproj *.log *.tlog *.vspscc *.vssscc .builds *.pidb *.svclog *.scc

Chutzpah Test files

_Chutzpah*

Visual C++ cache files

ipch/ *.aps *.ncb *.opendb *.opensdf *.sdf *.cachefile *.VC.db *.VC.VC.opendb

Visual Studio profiler

*.psess *.vsp *.vspx *.sap

Visual Studio Trace Files

*.e2e

TFS 2012 Local Workspace

$tf/

Guidance Automation Toolkit

*.gpState

ReSharper is a .NET coding add-in

_ReSharper*/ *.[Rr]e[Ss]harper *.DotSettings.user

TeamCity is a build add-in

_TeamCity*

DotCover is a Code Coverage Tool

*.dotCover

AxoCover is a Code Coverage Tool

.axoCover/* !.axoCover/settings.json

Coverlet is a free, cross platform Code Coverage Tool

coverage*.json coverage*.xml coverage*.info

Visual Studio code coverage results

*.coverage *.coveragexml

NCrunch

NCrunch* .NCrunch_* .crunch.local.xml nCrunchTemp_*

MightyMoose

.mm. AutoTest.Net/

Web workbench (sass)

.sass-cache/

Installshield output folder

[Ee]xpress/

DocProject is a documentation generator add-in

DocProject/buildhelp/ DocProject/Help/.HxT DocProject/Help/.HxC DocProject/Help/.hhc DocProject/Help/.hhk DocProject/Help/*.hhp DocProject/Help/Html2 DocProject/Help/html

Click-Once directory

publish/

Publish Web Output

*.[Pp]ublish.xml *.azurePubxml

Note: Comment the next line if you want to checkin your web deploy settings,

but database connection strings (with potential passwords) will be unencrypted

*.pubxml *.publishproj

Microsoft Azure Web App publish settings. Comment the next line if you want to

checkin your Azure Web App publish settings, but sensitive information contained

in these scripts will be unencrypted

PublishScripts/

NuGet Packages

*.nupkg

NuGet Symbol Packages

*.snupkg

The packages folder can be ignored because of Package Restore

*/[Pp]ackages/

except build/, which is used as an MSBuild target.

!**/[Pp]ackages/build/

Uncomment if necessary however generally it will be regenerated when needed

#!**/[Pp]ackages/repositories.config

NuGet v3's project.json files produces more ignorable files

*.nuget.props *.nuget.targets

Microsoft Azure Build Output

csx/ *.build.csdef

Microsoft Azure Emulator

ecf/ rcf/

Windows Store app package directories and files

AppPackages/ BundleArtifacts/ Package.StoreAssociation.xml _pkginfo.txt *.appx *.appxbundle *.appxupload

Visual Studio cache files

files ending in .cache can be ignored

*.[Cc]ache

but keep track of directories ending in .cache

!?*.[Cc]ache/

Others

ClientBin/ $* * *.dbmdl *.dbproj.schemaview *.jfm *.pfx *.publishsettings orleans.codegen.cs

Including strong name files can present a security risk

(github/gitignore#2483 (comment))

#*.snk

Since there are multiple workflows, uncomment next line to ignore bower_components

(github/gitignore#1529 (comment))

#bower_components/

RIA/Silverlight projects

Generated_Code/

Backup & report files from converting an old project file

to a newer Visual Studio version. Backup files are not needed,

because we have git ;-)

_UpgradeReport_Files/ Backup*/ UpgradeLog*.XML UpgradeLog*.htm ServiceFabricBackup/ *.rptproj.bak

SQL Server files

*.mdf *.ldf *.ndf

Business Intelligence projects

*.rdl.data *.bim.layout .bim_.settings *.rptproj.rsuser *- [Bb]ackup.rdl *- [Bb]ackup ([0-9]).rdl *- [Bb]ackup ([0-9][0-9]).rdl

Microsoft Fakes

FakesAssemblies/

GhostDoc plugin setting file

*.GhostDoc.xml

Node.js Tools for Visual Studio

.ntvs_analysis.dat node_modules/

Visual Studio 6 build log

*.plg

Visual Studio 6 workspace options file

*.opt

Visual Studio 6 auto-generated workspace file (contains which files were open etc.)

*.vbw

Visual Studio 6 workspace and project file (working project files containing files to include in project)

*.dsw *.dsp

Visual Studio 6 technical files

*.ncb *.aps

Visual Studio LightSwitch build output

**/.HTMLClient/GeneratedArtifacts **/.DesktopClient/GeneratedArtifacts **/.DesktopClient/ModelManifest.xml **/.Server/GeneratedArtifacts **/*.Server/ModelManifest.xml _Pvt_Extensions

Paket dependency manager

**/.paket/paket.exe paket-files/

FAKE - F# Make

**/.fake/

CodeRush personal settings

**/.cr/personal

Python Tools for Visual Studio (PTVS)

**/pycache/ *.pyc

Cake - Uncomment if you are using it

#tools/** #!tools/packages.config

Tabs Studio

*.tss

Telerik's JustMock configuration file

*.jmconfig

BizTalk build output

*.btp.cs *.btm.cs *.odx.cs *.xsd.cs

OpenCover UI analysis results

OpenCover/

Azure Stream Analytics local run output

ASALocalRun/

MSBuild Binary and Structured Log

*.binlog MSBuild_Logs/

AWS SAM Build and Temporary Artifacts folder

.aws-sam

NVidia Nsight GPU debugger configuration file

*.nvuser

MFractors (Xamarin productivity tool) working folder

**/.mfractor/

Local History for Visual Studio

**/.localhistory/

Visual Studio History (VSHistory) files

.vshistory/

BeatPulse healthcheck temp database

healthchecksdb

Backup folder for Package Reference Convert tool in Visual Studio 2017

MigrationBackup/

Ionide (cross platform F# VS Code tools) working folder

**/.ionide/

Fody - auto-generated XML schema

FodyWeavers.xsd

VS Code files for those working on multiple tools

.vscode/* !.vscode/settings.json !.vscode/tasks.json !.vscode/launch.json !.vscode/extensions.json !.vscode/*.code-snippets

Local History for Visual Studio Code

.history/

Built Visual Studio Code Extensions

*.vsix

Windows Installer files from build outputs

*.cab *.msi *.msix *.msm *.msp