Recommended Repository Layout

$/
  artifacts/
  docs/
  eng/
  lib/
  samples/
  src/
  tests/
  .editorconfig
  .gitignore
  .gitattributes
  Build.cmd
  build.sh
  nuget.Config
  README.md
  {solution}.sln

• src - Main projects (the product code)
• tests - Test projects
• docs - Documentation stuff, markdown files, help files etc.
• samples (optional) - Sample projects
• lib - Things that can NEVER exist in a nuget package
• artifacts - Build outputs go here. Doing a Build.cmd/build.sh generates artifacts here (nupkgs, dlls, pdbs, etc.)
• eng - Build customizations (custom msbuild files/psake/fake/albacore/etc) scripts
• Build.cmd - Bootstrap the build for windows
• build.sh - Bootstrap the build for *n