Question

I’m using Azure and need files to be copied from my project to Azure’s approot directory.
For this I go to file–>properties–>build action and set
Build Action: Content
Copy to Output Directory: Copy Always

It works great for files but now I need to upload several directories.
Is it possible to upload an entire directory to Azure’s approot?

I’m using .Net 4.5, Visual Studio 2012.

Answer 1

Yes. But as far as I know, you have to edit your .csproj manually to do it. Use a * or ** to recurse, like so:

<ItemGroup>
  <None Include="startup\**">
    <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
  </None>

I usually add a single file manually and then just change the generated line in my .csproj.