How to exclude .vs folder from template

I tried to exclude .vs folder from template following instructions at https://github.com/dotnet/templating/wiki/"Runnable-Project"-Templates#sourcesexclude-optional but it does not work.

If I enter “exclude”: “.vs/**/*” I got following error:

Illegal characters in path.
Parameter name: path
   at System.IO.Path.GetFullPath(String path)
   at System.IO.FileStream.Init(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options)
   at System.IO.File.Open(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share)
   at Microsoft.TemplateEngine.Utils.PhysicalFileSystem.OpenRead(String path)
   at Microsoft.TemplateEngine.Edge.Mount.FileSystem.FileSystemFile.OpenRead()
   at Microsoft.TemplateEngine.Orchestrator.RunnableProjects.SimpleConfigModel.JTokenToCollection(JToken token, IFile sourceFile, String[] defaultSet)
   at Microsoft.TemplateEngine.Orchestrator.RunnableProjects.SimpleConfigModel.Evaluate(IParameterSet parameters, IVariableCollection rootVariableCollection, IFileSystemInfo configFile)
   at Microsoft.TemplateEngine.Orchestrator.RunnableProjects.RunnableProjectGenerator.CreateAsync(IEngineEnvironmentSettings environmentSettings, ITemplate templateData, IParameterSet parameters, IComponentManager componentManager, String targetDirectory)
   at Microsoft.TemplateEngine.Edge.Template.TemplateCreator.<InstantiateAsync>d__5.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.ConfiguredTaskAwaitable`1.ConfiguredTaskAwaiter.GetResult()
   at Microsoft.TemplateEngine.Cli.New3Command.<CreateTemplateAsync>d__59.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.ConfiguredTaskAwaitable`1.ConfiguredTaskAwaiter.GetResult()
   at Microsoft.TemplateEngine.Cli.New3Command.<EnterSingularTemplateManipulationFlowAsync>d__64.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.ConfiguredTaskAwaitable`1.ConfiguredTaskAwaiter.GetResult()
   at Microsoft.TemplateEngine.Cli.New3Command.<EnterTemplateManipulationFlowAsync>d__65.MoveNext()
--- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown ---
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.HandleNonSuccessAndDebuggerNotification(Task task)
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.ConfiguredTaskAwaitable`1.ConfiguredTaskAwaiter.GetResult()
   at Microsoft.TemplateEngine.Cli.New3Command.<ExecuteAsync>d__66.MoveNext()

SDK is 1.0.4

[seancpeters]

@neman I believe I see the problem now. The modifiers needs to be an array, like this:

  "sources": [
    {
      "modifiers": [
        {
          "exclude": [ ".vs/**" ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],

Please let us know if that works for you, or if it’s still causing problems. Thanks!

[neman]

I forgot to mention that this is a multiproject template.

I also tried to exclude Logs folder, which resides within some project in src folder like this

"sources": [
  {
    "modifiers": {
      "exclude": [ ".vs/**/*", "**/Logs/**" ]
    }
  }

with no effect at all.