.tfignore is not ignoring my files using wildcards

Question

I have a project in TFS with branches and I want to ignore some folders in each branch.
So I try this to ignore all branches folders, but it's not working:

\Tools\Web\APPREPORTS\Branches\*\node_modules\
\Tools\Web\APPREPORTS\Branches\*\packages\

So it's forcing me to do that in this way, specifing each branch:

\Tools\Web\ALMAREPORTS\Branches\DEV\node_modules\
\Tools\Web\ALMAREPORTS\Branches\DEV\packages\
\Tools\Web\ALMAREPORTS\Branches\STAGE\packages\
\Tools\Web\ALMAREPORTS\Branches\STAGE\node_modules\
\Tools\Web\ALMAREPORTS\Branches\PRODUCTION\packages\
\Tools\Web\ALMAREPORTS\Branches\PRODUCTION\node_modules\

There is another way to simplify that?
Thanks in advance.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:07

Your method is not supported. The * and ? wildcards are supported in the leaf name only. More detailed info from this answer: tfignore wildcard directory segment

It depends which folder you put your .tfignore file in. You can just use \node_modules to ignore all files in this folder.

The following rules apply to a .tfignore file:

# begins a comment line

The * and ? wildcards are supported.

A filespec is recursive unless prefixed by the \ character.

! negates a filespec (files that match the pattern are not ignored)

Source: MSDN Documentation

score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 15 '16 at 11:51

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Use two asterisks:

\Tools\Web\APPREPORTS\Branches\**\node_modules\
\Tools\Web\APPREPORTS\Branches\**\packages\

answered Feb 15 '16 at 11:51

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Seems not working. Still detecting the "node_modules" and it's sub-folders and files. – Jonathan Camui Lamperouge Feb 15 '16 at 16:21
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This is .gitIgnore spec ;) – Jan Van der Haegen Oct 07 '16 at 20:02

.tfignore is not ignoring my files using wildcards

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