MSP430F5340: Duplicate SRC folders

Andy Delle

Part Number: MSP430F5340

Tool/software:

Running into a problem using an old developer trick.

I am making program changes across several .c source files. But I also want to keep a copy of the working SRC files in case I want to roll back. So I make a new folder within the project's folder and copy the working .c and .h files to save the last working version. But no matter what I name this new file, CCS drags the .c files in this new folder into the compiler along with the normal SRC folder .c files which causes a fire hose of errors. Now if I move this new file to my desktop, CCS ignores it as would be expected.

It seem like CCS scans the project directory for any .c file and drags it into the compiler. Is there a way to prevent this and only look in the SRC folder for .c files?

over 1 year ago

0 Bruce McKenney over 1 year ago

Guru 102845 points

For individual files, there's an option "Properties->[Show Advanced Settings]->C/C++ Build->Exclude Resource from build". I vaguely recall that Eclipse allowed me to apply that to Folders as well, but I didn't find that in CCS just now.

0 Andy Delle over 1 year ago in reply to Bruce McKenney

Prodigy 230 points

Not seeing that option? Looked around the entire tree. Note I am using CCS 12.0

Also to be clear, I still need to have the normal /SRC folder accessed by the compiler, I just don't want CCS looking anywhere else for user source files.

0 Luke Ledbetter over 1 year ago in reply to Andy Delle

TI__Mastermind 27230 points

Hi Andy,

You can right click the file and select Exclude from Build. To see where the compiler will look for files in the project settings under build -> MSP430 compiler -> include options. For library search paths the locations will be in the MSP430 Linker section.

Code Composer Studio User's Guide v12.0 - Exclude Build

Regards,
Luke

0 Keith Barkley over 1 year ago

Guru 43655 points

I don't think CCS has support, but Theia has support for Git, which is tailor made for this sort of thing. You can create new forks, or roll back changes on a commit by commit basis.

I don't use it for my TI work, but I do use it for Visual Studio and Matlab, and once you go there you never look back.

On the other hand:

https://xkcd.com/1597/

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