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Sunday, October 11, 2015 9:42 PM
The VS 2015 GUI shows all of the projects in my solution with this little red circle next to it. If I move the cursor over the project the tool tip says ignored.
I haven't been able to find anything in the help on what it means. Any idea?
It doesn't seem to cause any problems, everything still compiles, just disconcerting.
It's not explained here either:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/y47ychfe(v=vs.140).aspx
Environment:
- VS 2015 Professional
- cmake 3.3.1 used to generate the files
- Windows 7 Enterprise
Thanks,
Jason
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Monday, November 9, 2015 10:23 PM âś…Answered | 1 vote
Solved!
When using cmake I put all of the generated files in a sub-directory called build. So that git doesn't think these files are new files I add /build to the .gitignore file. VS is 'informing' me of this with the ignore icon. That is why the ignore does not have any affect on the build.
Jason
Monday, October 12, 2015 2:22 AM
Hi Jason,
Did you meet this issue only with the specified solution or all the solutions? If you create a new solution with a simple projects in VS2015, close it then reopen it, will you stil meet the issue?
>It doesn't seem to cause any problems, everything still compiles, just disconcerting
Do you mean the solution can compile or the ignored project can compile?
If the issue is only happened with the specified solution, what kind of projects in the solution? And which version of visual studio did you use to create the solution?
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May
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Monday, October 12, 2015 2:57 AM
Hi May,
The problem only appears to occur with generated solutions and projects. As I mentioned I am using cmake 3.3.1 to generate the solution and project files.
Everything compiles and nothing gets ignored. Hence my questions as to what the icon and tool tip mean?
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Jason
Monday, October 12, 2015 5:58 AM
Hi Jason,
>Hence my questions as to what the icon and tool tip mean?
Because the issue is mainly about knowing the visual studio icon and tool tip, I will help you move this thread to visual studio general forum for a better support. Hope you can understand.
May
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Monday, October 12, 2015 6:16 AM
Hi May,
I'm not sure I agree. What I am trying to find out is what is the business logic behind what VS is telling me and should I be concerned about what it is producing.
Either there is feature in the project file which is not well understood or there is a bug in VS. I did some looking in the vcxproj files and I see one feature called IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries, that could be vaguely related since all dependencies are specifically identified by name. Seems unlikely though.
Jason
Tuesday, October 13, 2015 8:27 AM
Hi Jason,
Just to make this issue clearly, when did you get this icon, open a solution or build the projects or others?
It seems that really no official document shared the information about that icon, but actually I also see this icon in my side when I collect the code coverage for a test project in the code coverage window.
My understanding it means that the coverage code is not 100%, certain line code was not covered.
But for your project, I couldn't repro it in my side, but I doubt that certain libs files were not really called/loaded in your project or others.
For example, you could take a backup for your project, and then remove the specific lib files, and then check that whether it really impacts your project's running.
Best Regards,
Jack
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Thursday, October 15, 2015 2:13 PM
FYI, I get exactly the same issue for my project I generate with cmake.
Friday, October 16, 2015 7:58 AM
FYI, I get exactly the same issue for my project I generate with cmake.
Hi Georgi Kodinov,
If you also get the same issue as Jason, and you also want to know" what the icon and tool tip mean?", am I right?
I also did some research about this icon, it seems that other members also meet this issue before:
So one possible reason is that it was excluded by the project building, or it is related to the project source control.
Best Regards,
Jack
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