What are these TLOG files? Should these be part of my source control?

Question

I am new to source control.

I don't recall seeing these TLOG files before today. Here is what my repository now looks like in Team Explorer:

And TortoiseGit:

Do I need these as part of my repository tracking?

Answer 1

That are logs from Visual C++ compiler that should be never part of source control. Exclude them in git via .gitignore:

# Build Folders (you can keep bin if you'd like, to store dlls and pdbs)
[Bb]in/
[Oo]bj/

# mstest test results
TestResults

## Ignore Visual Studio temporary files, build results, and
## files generated by popular Visual Studio add-ons.

# User-specific files
*.suo
*.user
*.sln.docstates

# Build results
[Dd]ebug/
[Rr]elease/
x64/
*_i.c
*_p.c
*.ilk
*.meta
*.obj
*.pch
*.pdb
*.pgc
*.pgd
*.rsp
*.sbr
*.tlb
*.tli
*.tlh
*.tmp
*.log
*.tlog
*.vspscc
*.vssscc
.builds

# Visual C++ cache files
ipch/
*.aps
*.ncb
*.opensdf
*.sdf

# Visual Studio profiler
*.psess
*.vsp
*.vspx