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dotnet publish doesn't include CopyToOutputDirectory/CopyToPublishDirectory files

See original GitHub issue

Moved from dotnet/cli#5649 on behalf of @timmydo.

Steps to reproduce

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
  <PropertyGroup>
    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp1.1</TargetFramework>
    <WarningsAsErrors>true</WarningsAsErrors>
    <PreserveCompilationContext>true</PreserveCompilationContext>
    <AssemblyName>Platform</AssemblyName>
    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
    <PackageId>Platform</PackageId>
    <RuntimeIdentifiers>win7-x64</RuntimeIdentifiers>
    <PackageTargetFallback>$(PackageTargetFallback);dnxcore50;portable-net451+win8</PackageTargetFallback>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <Import Project="..\Global.props" />
  <ItemGroup>
    <Content Update="wwwroot\**\*;web.config">
      <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
    </Content>
    <Content Update="wwwroot\**\*;web.config;start.bat;Platform.ini;serviceConfig.ini">
      <CopyToPublishDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToPublishDirectory>
    </Content>
  </ItemGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <ProjectReference Include="..\Shared\Shared.csproj" />
    <ProjectReference Include="..\Models\Models.csproj" />
  </ItemGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Console" Version="1.1.0" />
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.EventSource" Version="1.1.0" />
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.HttpOverrides" Version="1.1.0" />
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics" Version="1.1.0" />
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc" Version="1.1.1" />
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.WebListener" Version="1.1.0" />
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.OAuth" Version="1.1.0" />
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection" Version="1.1.0" />
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.CommandLine" Version="1.1.0" />
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.EnvironmentVariables" Version="1.1.0" />
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Ini" Version="1.1.0" />
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Json" Version="1.1.0" />
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Options.ConfigurationExtensions" Version="1.1.0" />
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Net.Http" Version="2.2.29" />
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles" Version="1.1.0" />
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.Cookies" Version="1.1.0" />
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.JwtBearer" Version="1.1.0" />
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.OpenIdConnect" Version="1.1.0" />
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity" Version="1.1.0" />
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.AspNetCore" Version="1.0.2" />
    <PackageReference Include="Swashbuckle" Version="6.0.0-beta902" />
    <PackageReference Include="StyleCop.Analyzers" Version="1.0.0">
      <PrivateAssets>All</PrivateAssets>
    </PackageReference>
  </ItemGroup>
  <Target Name="PrepublishScript" BeforeTargets="PrepareForPublish">
    <Exec Command="npm --silent install" />
    <Exec Command="gulp --silent --no-color" />
  </Target>
</Project>

C:\Users\timmydo\AppData\Local\Temp\dotnet\dotnet.exe publish Platform -r win7-x64 -c release -f netcoreapp1.1 -o ..\test\platform

Expected behavior

expected platform.ini, wwwroot, etc. to exist in publish directory

Actual behavior

files not found

Environment data

dotnet --info output:

C:\Users\timmydo\AppData\Local\Temp\dotnet\dotnet.exe --info
.NET Command Line Tools (1.0.0-rc4-004777)

Product Information:
 Version:            1.0.0-rc4-004777
 Commit SHA-1 hash:  18c01886cd

Runtime Environment:
 OS Name:     Windows
 OS Version:  6.3.9600
 OS Platform: Windows
 RID:         win81-x64
 Base Path:   C:\Users\timmydo\AppData\Local\Temp\dotnet\sdk\1.0.0-rc4-004777

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 7 years ago
Comments:9 (6 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

2reactions

timmydocommented, Feb 10, 2017

It works for me when I use None instead of Content:

  <ItemGroup>
    <None Update="start.bat;CertInstaller.ini">
      <CopyToPublishDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToPublishDirectory>
    </None>
  </ItemGroup>

0reactions

livarcocccommented, Mar 21, 2017

If you want changes to migrate based on this, please file an issue at dotnet/cli, though most people who use aspnetcore packages are web apps and that coupled with emitEntryPoint are the best heuristics we have to identify a web app. I don’t see this changing.

As for the Content None, etc, this was slightly for 1.0.1. Give it a try there and see if it fixed your problem.

If you are still running into issues, please re-activate.

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