Angular 2 + Typescript compiler copy html and css files

Question

In Angular2 I would have

\"outDir\": \"dist/app\"

in tsconfig.json. As a result the transpiled .js and .map files are generated in /di

Answer 1

For an OS independent solution, use copyfiles

npm install copyfiles --save-dev

Then add a script to package.json

"scripts": {
  "html": "copyfiles -u 1 app/**/*.html app/**/*.css dist/"
}

Now npm run html should copy all css and html files from the app/ folder to dist/app/

EDIT: I'd like to amend my answer to point out angular-cli. This command line tooling utility is supported by the angular team and makes bundling a breeze (ng build --prod), among other things.