Add VisualStudio GhostDoc plugin setting file

[starpeng]

Add VisualStudio GhostDoc plugin setting file

[niik]

Thanks @starpeng. I'm a fan of GhostDoc. I've never encountered it creating a GhostDoc.xml file though. Could you describe that file a bit? If it contains information about how to format xml-documentation I could see it being useful for other members of the project as well to produce consistent documentation.

But as I said, I don't know what it does so any information you could share about it would be helpful.

[rog1039]

@niik I believe the file is %SolutionFile%.GhostDoc.xml so if the solution was CompanyA.MySolution then the xml comment file would be CompanyA.MySolution.sln.GhostDoc.xml I have this file in my solution as well.

I'm running GhostDoc Pro v4.9. Seems to be settings for GhostDoc, see mine below:

<GhostDoc>
  <SpellChecker>
    <IncludeExtensions>
    </IncludeExtensions>
    <IgnoreExtensions>
    </IgnoreExtensions>
    <IgnoreFiles>
    </IgnoreFiles>
  </SpellChecker>
<HelpConfigurations selected="HelpFile">
  <HelpConfiguration name="HelpFile">
    <OutputPath>.\Help</OutputPath>
    <ImageFolderPath />
    <HtmlFormats>
      <HtmlHelp>true</HtmlHelp>
      <MSHelpViewer>false</MSHelpViewer>
      <MSHelp2>false</MSHelp2>
      <Website>false</Website>
    </HtmlFormats>
    <IncludeScopes>
      <Public>true</Public>
      <Internal>false</Internal>
      <Protected>false</Protected>
      <Private>false</Private>
      <Inherited>true</Inherited>
      <EnableTags>false</EnableTags>
      <TagList />
    </IncludeScopes>
    <ResolveCrefLinks>true</ResolveCrefLinks>
    <HeaderText />
    <FooterText />
    <SelectedProjects />
  </HelpConfiguration>
</HelpConfigurations>
</GhostDoc>

Seems like something you'd probably want in source control but I imagine some teams would want to keep it out.

[niik]

Thanks @rog1039! Based on that I don't think it should go in to the generic .gitignores.

[khellang]

I came here to submit a PR for this 👯

I ❤️ GhostDoc, but the fact that it creates a $(SolutionFile).GhostDoc.xml file for each solution I open with Visual Studio is super annoying.
In the 50+ repos (mostly .NET) I've contributed to, I've yet to see anyone actually committing this file to a repository. So for every repository, I have to make sure I don't accidentally include the file in a commit.
This makes me really want to include it by default in VisualStudio.gitignore. If you really want to commit it, it's easy to comment out the one line 😄

Is this something that you'd consider? We could either reopen this or I could submit a new PR.

[shiftkey]

@khellang I think a PR with a *.sln.GhostDoc.xml rule - with appropriate comments - is acceptable.

Having a source of truth to point to about what this file represents (and why it can be excluded from version control) always helps get these things through.

Feel free to open a PR and rally the troops to your cause 😁