Ignore NCrunch temporary files.

[jamiehumphries]

While NCrunch is running it creates little temporary files in the pattern nCrunchTemp_*. These are automatically cleaned up, but a badly timed git status or git add -A can catch them momentarily.

Unfortunately I can't find any official documentation that discusses these files, but here are a few examples of public GitHub repos were people have added an ignore rule like this:

• https://github.com/TinyBlueRobots/NancyFs/blob/master/.gitignore#L63
• https://github.com/cloudfoundry-incubator/if_warden/blob/master/.gitignore#L68
• https://github.com/peterkeating/nancy-boilerplate/blob/master/.gitignore#L46

and some mention of the files on NCrunch forums:

• http://forum.ncrunch.net/yaf_postst1304_Don-t-start-builds.aspx
• http://forum.ncrunch.net/yaf_postst1093_NCrunch-cannot-build-project-that-VS-can.aspx

[shiftkey]

ping @remcomulder - a couple of questions before I merge this:

• can I get a 👍 that this is intended behaviour and not a bug?
• and if that's the case, what's the best way to get this reflected in the docs?

[remcomulder]

NCrunch generates these temporary files to work around the limitations of MSBuild while loading projects. Under normal operation, they only exist for a couple of seconds and are usually immediately removed. Sometimes a critically timed crash or source control operation can lead to the files being noticed. They should not be submitted to source control. I've just now updated the NCrunch documentation accordingly.

[jamiehumphries]

Cool, thanks @remcomulder! That docs link then (for future thread visitors): http://www.ncrunch.net/documentation/considerations-and-constraints_using-ncrunch-with-source-control

[shiftkey]

@remcomulter fantastic, thanks for the speedy response!