How can I exclude a specific file from TFS source control

Question

We have multiple config files (app.DEV.config, app.TEST.config, etc) and a pre-build event that copies the correct config file to app.config. Obviously the configuration specific files are in source control --- but at the moment so is App.Config, and that shouldn't be.

How can I mark that one file as excluded from source control, but obviously not from the project.

I'm using VS 2005, and 2005 Team Explorer.

Answer 1

It's easy in TFS2012, create a .tfignore file

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/tfs/ms245454%28v=vs.110%29.aspx#tfignore

######################################
# Ignore .cpp files in the ProjA sub-folder and all its subfolders
ProjA*.cpp
# 
# Ignore .txt files in this folder 
*.txt
#
# Ignore .xml files in this folder and all its sub-folders
*.xml
#
# Ignore all files in the Temp sub-folder
Temp
#
# Do not ignore .dll files in this folder nor in any of its sub-folders
!*.dll

# EDIT https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms245454(v=vs.110).aspx#tfignore
# A filespec is recursive unless prefixed by the  character.