Home: No way to include text files in package using dotnet pack command

[TheRealPiotrP]

Moved from https://github.com/dotnet/cli/issues/4073 on behalf of @maxim-boligatov. Comments are quite relevant so inlined.

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Steps to reproduce

put the following text in project.json:

"buildOptions": {
"copyToOutput": [ "MyOwnTextFile.config" ]
},

run dotnet pack

Expected behavior

nupkg contains "MyOwnTextFile.config" file

Actual behavior

nupkg does not contain "MyOwnTextFile.config" file

Environment data

dotnet --info output:
.NET Command Line Tools (1.0.0-preview2-003121)

Product Information:
Version: 1.0.0-preview2-003121
Commit SHA-1 hash: 1e9d529bc5

Runtime Environment:
OS Name: Windows
OS Version: 6.1.7601
OS Platform: Windows
RID: win7-x64

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something like this

"packOptions": {
"files": {
"mappings" : {
"lib/net461/": {
"include": "MyOwnTextFile.config"
}
}
}
}

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Nice! Now it has correct place in package.

But how to tell that this file should be placed in project and copied on build to output?

In other words setup "contentFiles":

https://docs.nuget.org/create/nuspec-reference#contentfiles-with-visual-studio-2015-update-1-and-later

[rohit21agrawal]

@piotrpMSFT @maxim-boligatov closing this, since this is a pretty easily achievable scenario with the msbuild based dotnet pack. feel free to msg me/comment here if there are any issues. The spec is available at :

https://github.com/NuGet/Home/wiki/Adding-nuget-pack-as-a-msbuild-target#including-content-in-package

[hardhub]

@rohit21agrawal
Thanks... I will need to investigate it and be ready for msbuild.
Only one question. How soon can we get it for using in production?

[rohit21agrawal]

@maxim-boligatov
@rrelyea will be better able to comment on the timeline. If I am not wrong, the RTM for tooling is somewhere around February.

Please feel free to ask any questions if you have any issues with using the msbuild based dotnet pack.

[marono]

Hey, can someone please guide me on how I can achieve this? I've got a .net core package with some contentFiles and I need to have them copied to the output of the root project. Can't find a way to have the copyToOutput attribute attached in the nuspec file as described here:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/nuget/schema/nuspec#contentfiles-with-visual-studio-2015-update-1-and-later

Using VS2017 for both the package and the root project.