A way to designate generated .fs files in an .fsproj to be hidden

[JordanMarr]

It would be great if we could designate generated files within an .fsproj file as "generated" so that they are still inserted and built in the proper order (per the .fsproj file ordering mechanism), but that they are not actually displayed in the {IDE of choice} solution explorer. For example:

  <ItemGroup>
    <Compile Include="Sqlite.fs" />
    <Compile Include="DBEntities.fs" Generated="true" />
    <Compile Include="Repository.fs" />
  </ItemGroup>

I say this because most generated code has lots of ugly boilerplate, and people don't usually want or need to see it in their project -- it takes away the "magic" to see it.

Maybe these files could be displayed here like C# source generator files:

I suppose this is really more of an MSBuild suggestion, but I think it still pertains to F# since source generation is a big topic lately, and there are multiple ways of doing generation aside from type providers: Myriad/AST building, simple script generation, etc.

Apologies in advance if this suggestion is not grounded in reality.

[JordanMarr]

Interesting... it does work, and the compile succeeds!

  <ItemGroup>
    <Compile Include="Sqlite.fs" />
    <Compile Include="DBEntities.fs" Visible="false" />
    <Compile Include="Repository.fs" />
  </ItemGroup>

[JordanMarr]

Would it be possible to have a [<Generated>] attribute that that could be added at generation-time to a generated .fs file so that it could automatically be marked as Visible="false" when it gets added to the .fsproj?

[JordanMarr]

On second thought, that violates the Principle of Least Astonishment; people would probably think it was a bug if they added a file and it didn't appear.