Azure-pipelines-tasks: Directory 'D:\a\1\a' is empty. Nothing will be added to build artifact 'drop'.

[Fisher-Joe]

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Issue Description

I import my project [https://github.com/RiseSoho/RiseUnity] to vsts and CI it .

Error logs

2018-05-18T09:38:47.8669682Z ##[section]Starting: Publish Artifact
2018-05-18T09:38:47.8672893Z ==============================================================================
2018-05-18T09:38:47.8673095Z Task : Publish Build Artifacts
2018-05-18T09:38:47.8673247Z Description : Publish build artifacts to Visual Studio Team Services/TFS or a file share
2018-05-18T09:38:47.8673365Z Version : 1.133.0
2018-05-18T09:38:47.8673466Z Author : Microsoft Corporation
2018-05-18T09:38:47.8673817Z Help : More Information
2018-05-18T09:38:47.8673977Z ==============================================================================
2018-05-18T09:38:48.1337734Z ##[warning]Directory 'D:\a\1\a' is empty. Nothing will be added to build artifact 'drop'.
2018-05-18T09:38:48.1355716Z ##[section]Finishing: Publish Artifact

[JohannesDrexler]

You don't copy anything to $(build.artifactstagingdirectory) in your definition. You are missing a 'Copy Files'-Task before the 'publish artifact'

[bryanmacfarlane]

@JohannesDrexler is correct. You can also avoid the copy and pass a directory to publish other than the artifacts directory. Note that copy takes all the mini match patterns and publish just take a directory.

[Fisher-Joe]

Thank you guys, thank you very much.

[sshrishi]

I am having same issue. I tried all the above options but stuck on this one.
Fresher Joe :- Was this resolved for you?

[molikmiah]

@sshrishi did you manage to resolve the issue?

[sshrishi]

Yes

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@sshrishihttps://github.com/sshrishi did you manage to resolve the issue?

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[Fisher-Joe]

@sshrishi , Yes, It's resolved for me.

[SuperDuperOne]

can we get information on how you resolved this issue as I've hit the same wall.
thanks!
@sshrishi and @Fisher-Joe

[sshrishi]

can we get information on how you resolved this issue as I've hit the same wall.
thanks!
@sshrishi and @Fisher-Joe

Do you still have issue?

[benwinston]

@SuperDuperOne For more information on the Copy Files Task, take a look at: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/pipelines/tasks/utility/copy-files?view=azure-devops&tabs=yaml. Specifically for my setup running Ubuntu 18.04, the following block was implemented before Publish in azure_pipelines.yaml:

```

• task: CopyFiles@2
  inputs:
  sourceFolder: $(Build.SourcesDirectory)
  targetFolder: $(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)