ng build fails to copy .htaccess to dist folder

ng build does not copy .htaccess to dest dir. I have tried to put .htaccess in both src and src/assets folder but in both cases .htaccess does not appears in dist folder.
Here are more details about:

OS?

Linux Mint 18.1 “Serena”

Versions.

angular-cli: 1.0.0-beta.28.3 node: 7.5.0 os: linux x64 @angular/common: 2.4.7 @angular/compiler: 2.4.7 @angular/core: 2.4.7 @angular/forms: 2.4.7 @angular/http: 2.4.7 @angular/platform-browser: 2.4.7 @angular/platform-browser-dynamic: 2.4.7 @angular/router: 3.4.7 @angular/compiler-cli: 2.4.7

Repro steps.

ng new angular-cli-test cp kibernum-dnc-client/src/.htaccess angular-cli-test/src/ cd angular-cli-test

ng build ls -la dist/

mv src/.htaccess src/assets/ ng build ls -la dist/

The log given by the failure.

There is no log error. Errror is that I expect that file .htaccess is copied in dist folder.

[filipesilva]

When you put it in src/assets/.htaccess, it will be copied into dist/assets/.htaccess.

If you want it to be in dist/.htaccess, then you should be in src/.htaccess AND you need to add it to angular-cli.json in the assets array (like favicon.ico).

[filipesilva]

Change this bit:

      "assets": [
        "assets",
        "favicon.ico"
      ],

to

      "assets": [
        "assets",
        "favicon.ico",
        ".htaccess"
      ],