Copy one file in target directory on deploy from visual studio team services

Question

I\'m using VSTS as a build server, and while building I want to copy the bin folder contents to the root of the target, and also custom files from another folder to this tar

Answer 1

For those who would like to have a PowerShell script to use in your build server, here is a working (at least, on my build server ;)) sample:

param
(
    [string] $buildConfiguration = "Debug",
    [string] $outputFolder = $PSScriptRoot + "\[BuildOutput]\"
)

Write-Output "Copying all build output to folder '$outputFolder'..."

$includeWildcards = @("*.dll","*.exe","*.pdb","*.sql")
$excludeWildcards = @("*.vshost.*")

# create target folder if not existing, or, delete all files if existing
if(-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $outputFolder)) {
    New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path $outputFolder | Out-Null

    # exit if target folder (still) does not exist
    if(-not (Test-Path -LiteralPath $outputFolder)) {
        Write-Error "Output folder '$outputFolder' could not be created."
        Exit 1
    }
} else {
    Get-ChildItem -LiteralPath $outputFolder -Include * -Recurse -File | foreach {
        $_.Delete()
    }
    Get-ChildItem -LiteralPath $outputFolder -Include * -Recurse -Directory | foreach {
        $_.Delete()
    }
}

# find all output files (only when in their own project directory)
$files = @(Get-ChildItem ".\" -Include $includeWildcards -Recurse -File |
    Where-Object {(
        $_.DirectoryName -inotmatch '\\obj\\' -and
        $_.DirectoryName -inotmatch '\\*Test*\\' -and
        $_.DirectoryName -ilike "*\" + $_.BaseName + "\*" -and
        $_.DirectoryName -ilike "*\" + $buildConfiguration
    )}
)

# copy output files (overwrite if destination already exists)
foreach ($file in $files) {
    Write-Output ("Copying: " + $file.FullName)
    Copy-Item $file.FullName $outputFolder -Force

    # copy all dependencies from folder (also in subfolders) to output folder as well (if not existing already)
    $dependencies = Get-ChildItem $file.DirectoryName -Include $includeWildcards -Exclude $excludeWildcards -Recurse -File
    foreach ($dependency in $dependencies) {
        $dependencyRelativePathAndFilename = $dependency.FullName.Replace($file.DirectoryName, "")
        $destinationFileName = Join-Path -Path $outputFolder -ChildPath $dependencyRelativePathAndFilename
        if (-not(Test-Path -LiteralPath $destinationFileName)) {
            Write-Output ("Copying: " + $dependencyRelativePathAndFilename + " => " + $destinationFileName)

            # create sub directory if not exists
            $destinationDirectory = Split-Path $destinationFileName -Parent
            if (-not(Test-Path -LiteralPath $destinationDirectory)) {
                New-Item -Type Directory $destinationDirectory
            }
            Copy-Item $dependency.FullName $destinationDirectory
        } else {
            Write-Debug ("Ignoring (existing destination): " + $dependency.FullName)
        }
    }
}

Here is the script being used in a PowerShell build step: