title: TFS exclude a directory - .tfignore not working and it is a very large directory
body: <p>I have seen other posts and read them on stackoverflow - <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/922798/how-to-ignore-files-directories-in-tfs">How to ignore files/directories in TFS for avoiding them to go to central source repository?</a></p>
  
  <p>However this does not seem to work. </p>
  
  <p>I have a folder of the root called /FS which in that directory I have the following .tfignore</p>
  
  <pre><code>    ################################################################################
  # This .tfignore file was automatically created by Microsoft(R) Visual Studio.
  #
  # Local items matching filespecs in this file will not be added to version
  # control. This file can be checked in to share exclusions with others.
  #
  # Wildcard characters are * and ?. Patterns are matched recursively unless the
  # pattern is prefixed by the \ character.
  #
  # You can prepend a path to a pattern to make it more specific. If you do,
  # wildcard characters are not permitted in the path portion.
  #
  # The # character at the beginning of a line indicates a comment.
  #
  # The ! prefix negates a pattern. This can be used to re-include an item after
  # it was excluded by a .tfignore file higher in the tree, or by the Team
  # Project Collection's global exclusions list.
  #
  # The / character is interpreted as a \ character on Windows platforms.
  #
  # Examples:
  #
  #  # Excludes all files ending in .txt in Alpha\Beta and all its subfolders.
  #  Alpha\Beta\*.txt
  #
  #  # Excludes all files ending in .cpp in this folder only.
  #  \*.cpp
  #
  #  # Excludes all files ending in .cpp in this folder and all subfolders.
  #  *.cpp
  #
  #  # If "Contoso" is a folder, then Contoso and all its children are excluded.
  #  # If it is a file, then only the "Contoso" in this folder is excluded.
  #  \Contoso
  #
  #  # If Help.exe is excluded by a higher .tfignore file or by the Team Project
  #  # Collection global exclusions list, then this pattern re-includes it in
  #  # this folder only.
  #  !\Help.exe    
  #
  ################################################################################
  
  \BRAND
  \CO
  \COVER
  \COVERBANNER
  \DEPT
  \DEPT-CATS
  \LIB
  \PRODUCTS
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>However, TFS keeps trying to add these directories.  I even have at the root directory another .tfignore</p>
  
  <p>/FS</p>
  
  <p>I simply need /FS out of TFS.  This is 15GB workth of images that does not belong in SOURCE control, we have multiple areas where these images are backed up and this is very resource intense creating branches.</p>
  
  <p>Do I need to delete the /FS from TFS with CMD PROMPT?  Any help would be great.   I am simply frustrated and stuck.</p>