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Despite adding the following lines in .gitignore, i still see the build files in git changes:

# D365FO
/*/**/*.rdl
/Metadata/Resources/**/*.resources.dll
/Metadata/Resources/**/*.delete
/Metadata/Resources/*.dll
/Metadata/Resources/BuildModelResult.xml
/Metadata/Resources/CompileLabels.xml

Is there a preconfigured gitignore file for d365fo development? If not, which lines should i add to ignore unnecessary files for the git repository?

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Martin Dráb 239,647 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Let's assume your .gitignore file is at the same level as the Metadata folder.

You have a rule that excludes Metadata/Resources/BuildModelResult.xml, therefore is assumes that your package is called Resources (and it won't work for any other package). Is it the name of your package? You've removed the information from your sceenshot, but I'm assuming it's not the case.

You can do other things, such as ignoring the BuildModelResult.xml regardless of the location (rule: BuildModelResult.xml), ignoring it if it's in a folder one level below Metadata (rule: /Metadata/*/BuildModelResult.xml) or so.

I'm pretty sure I've seen a .gitignore file for D365FO on GitHub, but I'm not sure where exactly.

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Hi @EK-26061005-0

You've missed a folder level on most lines of you /gitignore.

# D365FO /*/**/*.rdl /Metadata/<YOUR MODEL NAME>/Resources/**/*.resources.dll /Metadata/<YOUR MODEL NAME>/Resources/**/*.delete /Metadata/<YOUR MODEL NAME>/Resources/*.dll /Metadata/<YOUR MODEL NAME>/Resources/BuildModelResult.xml /Metadata/<YOUR MODEL NAME>/Resources/CompileLabels.xml

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Hello @Martin Dráb, @Anthony Blake

The root level of the repository has the gitignore file, Metadata folder and Projects folder. I have only hidden the model name in the screenshot. As you have pointed out, I missed the model name level in the ignore files. Despite correcting the lines, the ignored files are still in git-changes. The only way to get rid of them is to ignore and untrack the items one by one but this also stages the ignored files for removal in staged changes. Is this due to the source repository still containing the files to be ignored?

I also assume XppSource and XppMetadata folders are unnecessary since the source code that's used to build is in /Metadata/MyMDL/MyMDL/Ax* folders already. Is this correct?

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Anthony Blake 3,152 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hi @EK-26061005-0

Personally, I prefer to exclude everything, then include the folders I need by exception, so the Repo works really nicely for unidev or mapped to PackagedLocalDirectory on a CHE.

However, take a look at this exception list from Nathan Clouse https://www.atomicax.com/article/giting-started-git-d365fo-and-other-puns

You will just need to adjust for your gitignore level. However, to reiterate Martin's point, you don't need to specify a location at all for some of these files, as you can see from the example above. It will exclude them wherever they are, current folder or subfolders.

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