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Source control the /bin folder?

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Should the /bin folder be added to source control when working with EPiServer?

In general my experience says /bin does not belong in source control since it's dynamically generated but being new to EPiServer and having just started a new job where this is done, I'm not sure?

We had a lot of trouble setting up a development environment on my machine because of mismatches between the projects bin folder, EPiServers own bin folder and the GAC.

#73979
Aug 16, 2013 6:47
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No, we never check in the bin folder, instead we try to use NuGet packages as much as possible. In some cases, when no NuGet package is available, we have a References folder with all other dll files which we reference in the main web application project or we add a XCopy script to copy the dll files to the bin folder on post build event.

Hope this helps.

Frederik

#73980
Aug 16, 2013 8:38
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I understand the use of Nuget packages and a references folder for third party dll files but what about EPiServer dlls?

Should they be used from GAC or from EPiServer/CMS/6.0.530/bin or from application bin?

#73995
Aug 16, 2013 11:21
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EPiServer dlls from NuGet packages: http://nuget.episerver.com.

Frederik

#73996
Aug 16, 2013 11:24
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That's cool! Thanks for the insight.

#74001
Aug 16, 2013 12:00
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