VS2015 shows project as ignored

Question

I was wondering if anyone else had seen this problem. The VS 2015 GUI shows all the projects in my solution with a small red circle next to it. If I move the cursor over the project, the tooltip is ignored.

I could not find anything to help on what this means. Any ideas?

This does not seem to cause any problems, is still compiling, just confusing.

Not explained here either: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/y47ychfe(v=vs.140).aspx

Environment: - VS 2015 Professional - cmake 3.3.1 is used to generate files - Windows 7 Enterprise

Thanks Jason

Answer 1

Solved! Thanks for the help Vlad.

When using cmake, I put all the generated files in a subdirectory called build. So that git does not think that these files are new files, I add / build to the .gitignore file. VS "informs" me about this using the ignore icon. This is why ignoring does not affect the assembly.

Jason

Answer 2

This is the icon from your original control.

When I select Git and add a file that should be ignored (for example, test.log), it has the same icon and a tooltip.

With some magnification, this icon resembles the Do Not Enter road sign :)