tag:help.appveyor.com,2012-11-13:/discussions/questions/1574-is-it-possible-to-ignore-specific-folders-when-fetching-from-a-tfs-repositoryAppVeyor: Discussion 2018-08-25T01:59:16Ztag:help.appveyor.com,2012-11-13:Comment/376598832015-08-14T15:12:22Z2015-08-14T15:12:22ZIs it possible to ignore specific folders when fetching from a TFS repository?<div><p>Hi Tom,</p>
<p>VSO API allows fetching specific directories (this is what
currently happening), but not ignoring them. Try moving those
resources to a separate repo?</p></div>Feodor Fitsnertag:help.appveyor.com,2012-11-13:Comment/376598832015-08-14T15:14:46Z2015-08-14T15:14:46ZIs it possible to ignore specific folders when fetching from a TFS repository?<div><p>Is it possible to fetch from multiple specific directories
then?</p></div>Tom Kowalskitag:help.appveyor.com,2012-11-13:Comment/376598832015-08-14T18:13:13Z2015-08-14T18:13:13ZIs it possible to ignore specific folders when fetching from a TFS repository?<div><p>Technically yes (though it's not implemented in AV), but what
folders structure would you have in that case? I mean, say, main
repo in $/repos/projectA and other stuff should be in dir on the
same level, kind of $/repos/stuff?</p></div>Feodor Fitsnertag:help.appveyor.com,2012-11-13:Comment/376598832015-08-14T19:05:02Z2015-08-14T19:05:02ZIs it possible to ignore specific folders when fetching from a TFS repository?<div><p>Here is an example of our repo structure:</p>
<p>$/TeamProject/Documentation $/TeamProject/ProjectLibrary
$/TeamProject/ProjectRestApi $/TeamProject/ProjectConsole</p>
<p>It would be great if we could just fetch the "ProjectRestApi"
and "ProjectLibrary" directories. Currently we have to grab the
whole "TeamProject" directory which is over a gig and takes a
considerable amount of time just to fetch it. What is needed for
the build is in just a few folders and is only about 5% of the
"TeamProject" directory size. Thanks</p></div>Tom Kowalskitag:help.appveyor.com,2012-11-13:Comment/376598832015-08-14T20:29:02Z2015-08-14T20:29:02ZIs it possible to ignore specific folders when fetching from a TFS repository?<div><p>As an idea you can point your AppVeyor project to
<code>ProjectRestApi</code> and then during the build download
"ProjectLibrary" using VSO API with Basic authentication: <a href="https://www.visualstudio.com/integrate/api/tfvc/items">https://www.visualstudio.com/integrate/api/tfvc/items</a></p>
<p>Let me know if you need help with API.</p></div>Feodor Fitsner