How do you set nuget contentFiles CopyToOutput value to true when using a .Net Standard library .csproj?

Question

I\'ve been looking for any way to set the CopyToOutput attribute to true for content files I\'m including in a nuget package built in VS2017 from a .Net Standard Library pro

Answer 1

see https://github.com/NuGet/NuGet.Client/pull/1450 Allow specifying copyToOutput and flatten as Metadata on Content items when packing sdk csproj

You'll need to set PackageCopyToOutput to true in the source csproj for the content.

<Content Include="...">
    <PackageCopyToOutput>true</PackageCopyToOutput>
</Content>

and once build the package, it will include CopyToOutput="true" for that content.