如何强制Console App Project在构建中包含一个文件夹？

Question

Let's say you create a C# console application, in Visual Studio, and within the application you create a folder called "Content". How would you force the project to include this folder during the build?

What I mean by this, is I want this "Content" folder to be present in /bin/Debug when I build the project. Currently, this new "Content" folder is not being outputted/created in the /bin/Debug folder.

Answer 1

For each file within your Content folder, you should be able to set the Copy to Output Directory property to Copy Always, in the Properties panel.

I don't think you can apply this property to a folder directly, so if you're only looking to include blank folder, it might just be easier to get the console app to create the blank folder you require at runtime .

Answer 2

Right click on the project, select Properties > Build Events, then put the following script in the Post-build event command line:

xcopy /E "$(ProjectDir)\Content" "$(TargetDir)\Content\*"

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This script is stored in your .csproj file, so the build will work in the TFS Build Agent as well.

Answer 3

If you have files in the folder, you would just set "Copy to Output Directory" to "Copy Always". If you don't really have any files, I usually just add a ReadMe.txt