ExcludeFoldersFromDeployment not working in publish profile

Question

I am trying to exclude a folder in publish profile using ExcludeFoldersFromDeployment but it is not wxcluding while publishing to azure-app service

folder location : a\b\c\foldername

Please let me know if anyone can help!!

Which version of TFS are you using? Do you use XAML build or v-next build to publish to azure-app service? How's your build definition look? If you publish locally without TFS, is ExcludeFoldersFromDeployment working? — Cece Dong - MSFT, Jan 09 '17 at 09:41

Dongdong · Answer 1 · 2018-11-28T20:48:27.227

Add an additional answer, in case someone got confused by different EXCLUDE methodologies, if you are working in this environment:

Visual Studio 2017 + ASP.NET core 2 + Azure App Service.

try this:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/host-and-deploy/visual-studio-publish-profiles?view=aspnetcore-2.1#exclude-files

Edit YourProject.csproj file,

<ItemGroup>
  <Content Update="wwwroot/content/**/*.txt" CopyToPublishDirectory="Never" />
</ItemGroup>

BTW, I also tried these posts, which do not work:

use .wpp.targets file: Excluding Files and Folders from Deployment
Use Web Deploy Profile: Exclude unwanted binaries from azure package
Use ExcludeFilesFromDeployment or ExcludeFoldersFromDeployment: Web Deployment: Excluding Files and Folders via the Web Application’s Project File

By all those methods, web.config could not be excluded, even following this post: How to exclude web.config when publishing with Visual Studio 2013?

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 09 '17 at 09:57

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According to this article, you need to edit the .pubxml or the .wpp.targets file and add an ExcludeFilesFromDeployment element or an ExcludeFoldersFromDeployment element (or both) in the PropertyGroup element. Check whether you have correct setting as the example shows:

<PropertyGroup">
  <ExcludeFilesFromDeployment>
    File1.aspx;File2.aspx
  </ExcludeFilesFromDeployment>
  <ExcludeFoldersFromDeployment>
    Folder1;Folder2
  </ExcludeFoldersFromDeployment>
</PropertyGroup>

Another option to exclude files or folders is to use the PublishIgnore NuGet package. This option is explained in Web Publishing a simpler way to exclude files/folders from being published on the .NET Web Development and Tools blog.

answered Jan 09 '17 at 09:57

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tried this also, I am able to exclude other folders from this method but stuck with one folder. looking if there is any other issue because ExcludeFilesFromDeployment is working with other folders expect one. – neha Jan 10 '17 at 09:29
Kindly post an answer when you find out the root cause. – Cece Dong - MSFT Jan 10 '17 at 09:41
Do you find the root cause for the particular folder? – Cece Dong - MSFT Jan 25 '17 at 09:30

score -1 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 30 '19 at 10:38

I was also struggling with the issue and after looking at the @Dongdong answer I came to following conclusion: Edit YourProject.csproj file and include the following

  <ItemGroup>
      <Content Update="web.Debug.config;web.Release.config;web.QA.config;appsettings.Debug.json;appsettings.Release.json;" CopyToPublishDirectory="Never" />
  </ItemGroup>

You can also apply some condition as well.

  <ItemGroup>
      <Content Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='QA|AnyCPU'" Update="appsettings.json;" CopyToPublishDirectory="Never" />
  </ItemGroup>

You can extend it as per your requirement. Excluded files from the directory won't be published.

This applies to files, not folders. – Tillito Oct 01 '20 at 17:43 — Tillito, Oct 01 '20 at 17:43

ExcludeFoldersFromDeployment not working in publish profile

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