Copy folder on publish ASP.NET Core

Question

I need to copy the Views folder to the publish folder (on publish), and I have this in my .csproj.

(Note: I don't need to change the views on runtime, different usage)

<Target Name="CopyViews" BeforeTargets="Build;Publish">
    <ItemGroup>
        <ViewsFiles Include="Views\**\*" />
    </ItemGroup>
    <Copy SourceFiles="@(ViewsFiles)" DestinationFolder="$(OutDir)\Views" />
</Target>

This works for build, the Views gets copied to the bin folder, but when I publish it doesn't get copied in the publish folder.

Answer 1

You could try configure them separately:

    <Target Name="CopyViews_build" BeforeTargets="Build">
        <ItemGroup>
            <ViewsFiles Include="Views\**\*" />
        </ItemGroup>
        <Copy SourceFiles="@(ViewsFiles)" DestinationFolder="$(OutDir)\Views" />
    </Target>
    <Target Name="CopyViews_publish" BeforeTargets="Publish">
        <ItemGroup>
            <ViewsFiles Include="Views\**\*" />
        </ItemGroup>
        <Copy SourceFiles="@(ViewsFiles)" DestinationFolder="$(PublishDir)\Views" />
    </Target>

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