Adding files started with '.' to VSS

[Carlos Pereira]

Hi,

I've only recently installed this plugin and therefore i'm still testing it.

This forum has helped me with lots of problems i had during instalation and configuration, but i could't find an answer to this specific question.

I already have a project that i'd like to share in VSS.

I choose it and mark as 'Team Share' Select everything ok and it is now connected to VSS.

Now i just have to add all the files of the project to the VSS. For that i change into the Team Synchronize view and select all the files and choose 'Add to VSS'

But some problems appear since all the files started with a '.' or all the files inside a folder started with a '.' like for example '.settings'  are not added to VSS with the following message:

"Error running Add

Reason :
80020009: Invalid SourceSafe syntax:
"$/<Path>/.settings/<filename>"[src=SourceSafe,guid=null]"

Can anyone Help me?

Thanks in advance

[Manu Dev]

I think it's not a problem with the plugin. VSS 6.0 does not have support for folder names starting with '.'.
check out this link:
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vssourcecontrol/thread/be1fc857-2dbc-48de-bdf8-48274f5292a8/

I have the same problem. But since i can't move to VSS2005 there seems to be no way out other than renaming.