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Seems like it should be fairly simple but I'm having trouble excluding folders when using the MSBUILD copy task. Here's what I'm doing:
<ItemGroup>
<Compile Include="$(_SolutionPath)$(_SolutionName)" />
<ProjectFiles Include="..\$(_WebDirectory)\*.csproj" Exclude="*.master.csproj"/>
<ExcludeFromBuild Include="..\$(_WebDirectory)\**\*.cs; ..\$(_WebDirectory)\**\*.sln; ..\$(_WebDirectory)\**\*.csproj; ..\$(_WebDirectory)\Web References; ..\$(_WebDirectory)\obj;"/>
<AppFolder Include="..\$(_WebDirectory)\**\*.*" Exclude="$(ExcludeFromBuild)"/>
</ItemGroup>
<Copy SourceFiles="@(AppFolder)" DestinationFiles="c:\test\%(RecursiveDir)%(FileName)%(Extension)"/>
In the item group section I have an ExcludeFromBuild item which lists out the file types i want to exclude. On top of that I want to exclude the "obj" and "Web References" folder.
How can I accomplish this? Please let me know if more information is needed. Thank you.
shahzad
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Go to Start > Settings > Update & Security > Windows Security > Virus & threat protection. Under Virus & threat protection settings, select Manage settings, and then under Exclusions, select Add or remove exclusions. Select Add an exclusion, and then select from files, folders, file types, or process.
You can use Visual Studio to exclude a file from a solution by context-clicking the file in Solution Explorer and selecting Exclude from Project in the context menu.
We can right click on the file, choose properties, go to General and click on Excluded From Build, then choose Yes or No to exclude or re-include.
On the menu bar, choose Build > Configuration Manager. In the Project contexts table, locate the project you want to exclude from the build. In the Build column for the project, clear the check box. Choose the Close button, and then rebuild the solution.
You need to create a new ItemGroup for that. I've added AppFolderWithExclusions below:
<ItemGroup>
<Compile Include="$(_SolutionPath)$(_SolutionName)" />
<ProjectFiles Include="..\$(_WebDirectory)\*.csproj" Exclude="*.master.csproj"/>
<ExcludeFromBuild Include="..\$(_WebDirectory)\**\*.cs; ..\$(_WebDirectory)\**\*.sln; ..\$(_WebDirectory)\**\*.csproj; ..\$(_WebDirectory)\Web References; ..\$(_WebDirectory)\obj;"/>
<AppFolder Include="..\$(_WebDirectory)\**\*.*" Exclude="$(ExcludeFromBuild)"/>
<AppFolderWithExclusions Include="@(AppFolder)" Exclude="obj\**\*.*;Web References\**\*.*" />
</ItemGroup>
(untested; may include syntax typos)
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