scvmap, disco, xsd, wsdl, svcinfo and datasource files

Question

We have a WEb Service named, let's say Foo.

So there is a Foo.svc file and a code behind Foo.svc.cs.

We add a silverlight project and wish to use the Foo.svc services so we add a Service Reference and call it's namespace FooBar.

This creates the following files :

• Reference.cs
• Reference.svcmap
• Foo.xsd
• Foo.disco
• configuration.svcinfo
• Foo.wsdl
• Also various *.datasource files.

Over time we update the Foo.svc and add more Web Services (methods and interfaces) and the number of files in the FooBar directory is growing.

I have 26 Foo(nn).xsd files in this directory - where nn = 1 to 26.

My configuration.svcinfo is upto configuration91.svcinfo.

My question is this? Do any of these files need to be version controlled? Can they all be deleted each time you do a build \ deploy (as long as you do an update service reference)?

Answer 1

Those xsd files are just metadata of your service that were just used when you created or updated a service reference. You can actually delete them since they were just use when the reference file is being generated. Theres no need to version control those files.