How can I tell LabVIEW not to search for subvi's in the .git folder?

[FlatCat]

I'm just starting to explore source control with Source Tree, which has placed its usual .git folders in all my project folders. Now, when LabVIEW is loading a vi and is looking for missing subvi's in the project's folders, it wastes time searching in the .git folder. Is there a way to tell LabVIEW to ignore the .git folder?

[santo_13]

Based on LabVIEW roadmap, R&D is working on Git integration with LabVIEW and I believe part of that will be improvements to context aware of the .git files.

[raphschru · Accepted solution]

Hi FlatCat,

This is probably because your .git folder is at the same level as your VIs.

Try putting your sources in a subfolder, similar to this:

From NI documentation:

By default, LabVIEW will look through the following locations in order (\* means LabVIEW will search through the subdirectories):

• <topvi>\* - the location of the top level VI
• <foundvi> - the location of the last VI found
• <vilib>\* - the LabVIEW vi.lib
• <userlib>\* - user.lib
• <instrlib>\* - instr.lib

Regards,

Raphaël.

[altenbach]

When cross-posting from reddit, make sure to include a link to the original discussion to avoid duplicate efforts.

[rolfk]

Same answer as what Raphaël gave in this thread: https://forums.ni.com/t5/LabVIEW/Is-there-a-way-to-tell-LV-to-ignore-the-git-folder-when/td-p/442686...