Need to move one of my files to the tools directory

[verquepasa]

First: thanks for this tool!

I'm trying to put a file that is in /bin/debug/file.dacpac into the /tools directory, as this is a requirement for a specific type of build described in msbuild.sdk.sqlproj project

<PackageFile Include="**\bin\**\*.dacpac" PackagePath="tools\" />

The problem is the file is copied with the whole relative dir
I want:
/tools/file.dacpac
and I get:
/tools/bin/Debug/net5.0/file.dacpac

Is there a way I can remove the RelativeDir ?

[kzu]

Sure thing, just build the full path you want to have:

<PackageFile Include="**\bin\**\*.dacpac" PackagePath="tools\%(RelativeDir)%(Filename)%(Extension)" />

Note that since you're using double ** I'm not sure what the %(RelativeDir) metadata will be, but you can build the actual final location for every item you want to include. This is plain MSBuild syntax 👍

[verquepasa]

Thanks!, that worked