#Basic C++ project folder 847mb in size

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ember wing
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my spatialHashGrid c++ project is an Enormous size and I have a few questions.

  1. what is causing this / how can I find the issue?
  2. how can I reduce the file size? maybe using CMake?
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ember wing
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the files and folders shown here add up to about 100 mb of memory so where is the other 700mbs??

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cursive frigate
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VS Builds can be really big

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idk, maybe do a make clean or equivalent

zenith ridge
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honestly to see what is taking up so much space just get like a tree viewer, and you see whatever is taking so much space

fierce axle
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It's probably .vs folder

zenith ridge
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but yeah most likely .vs folder

ember wing
zenith ridge
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its a hidden folder VS makes for god knows what

fierce axle
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Visual studio cache/properties folder

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(Or idk, I actually don't know what is it needed for either)

zenith ridge
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it does cache things like user settings I believe but what exactly no clue

ember wing
# fierce axle Visual studio cache/properties folder

ahh alright! my C++ programming folder is 6.6gb and i've been using it for 2 months whereas my python programming folder is 186mb and ive been using that for 2.5 years.
Surely there is a way to reduce the folder-sizes of the C++ folders?

zenith ridge
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on the other hand why care to much about it 🤷

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it's only 6.6GB

ember wing
fierce axle
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You can delete .vs folders in old projects, there is nothing important there

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When you delete it, you'll have to rebuild the project. That's it

ember wing
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zenith ridge
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memory leaks don't work like aht lol

fierce axle
ember wing
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