Copying a folder into dist/

Question

I want to copy a folder full of assets next to my executable during distribution. How can I represent this in the .cabal file (or, alternatively, the Setup.hs)?

Directory structure:

root/
    dist/ -- Generated by cabal
    src/
    assets/

Answer 1

List them in your extra-source-files or data-files field. More information is available in the cabal manual, especially the section on retrieving data files.