.NET Core include folder in publish

Question

I have the following folder structure for my .NET Core 2.1 project:

How can I include folder AppData and all of its subfolders and files when I

Answer 1

Adding this:

 
   
    PreserveNewest 
   

to your .csproj file will copy AppData folder if it's not empty. For empty AppData folder you can use this workaround:

This will create AppData folder after publish if it won't be already included in output. Meaning this will create AppData folder only if it's empty while publishing.