Copying Content files on build with Visual Studio Code

Question

I'm working on a C# project that has Content files. In MonoDevelop, I can set the type to Content and the Build Action to Copy if Newer. I can do something similar in Visual Studio.

How do I do this with Visual Studio Code? I'm not opening a solution file (I'm opening a directory), and I don't see anything in tasks.json or in VSCode that I can use to configure this.

Answer 1

Updating the .csproj file with the below line of code helped me

 <Content Include="FolderPath/*">
    <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
  </Content> 

Answer 2

Try to manipulate csproj:

  <ItemGroup>
      <None Update="FILE_PATH">
          <CopyToOutputDirectory>ACTION_TYPE</CopyToOutputDirectory>
      </None>
  </ItemGroup>

• FILE_PATH is relative path inside your project, ex. "nlog.config".
• ACTION_TYPE - there are two possible choices: PreserveNewest (copy if never) and Always