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fluter
fluter

Reputation: 13846

nuget restore does not copy config file

My .netstandard2.0 package packs a config file within the nuget package, it was packed with this directive:

<ItemGroup>
    <None Include="apps.config" Pack="True" PackagePath="lib/$(TargetFramework)">
      <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
   </None>
</ItemGroup>

Using the nuget package explorer, i can see that the file is indeed packed in the nuget package, put under the same directory as the .dll file.

Then I added this package into another project using the install-package command, but when run the app, only the .dll file is copied into bin\debug, not the config file. How can I copy the config file as well when doing a restore?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 678

Answers (1)

Martin Ullrich
Martin Ullrich

Reputation: 100761

Use NuGet's contentFiles feature to include content to be consumed by the project. If you package the file as Content item instead of None and add the PackageCopyToOutput="true" metadata, NuGet will create the right paths and nuspec content:

<ItemGroup>
  <None Remove="apps.config" />
  <Content Include="apps.config" Pack="true" PackageCopyToOutput="true" />
</ItemGroup>

Upvotes: 1

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