asp.net core exclude files from the build

Question

I'm trying to add Protractor to my asp.net-core application.

I added it via npm and it installs the selenium-webdriver which contains a file Page.aspx.cs. This is causing a build error but my project doesn't even need to compile it.

So I'm trying to exclude node_modules using project.json

"buildOptions": {
  "emitEntryPoint": true,
  "preserveCompilationContext": true,
  "compile": {
    "excludeFiles": "node_modules"
  }
},

Gives Illegal characters in path as does:

 "excludeFiles": ["node_modules"]

This seems to be related to the _ character but I can't work out why that would be an issue.

Thanks

FloatingKiwi · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-10 07:38:06Z

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I managed to get this working using exclude instead of excludeFiles

"buildOptions": {
  "emitEntryPoint": true,
  "preserveCompilationContext": true,
  "compile": {
    "exclude": ["node_modules"]
  }
},

answered Oct 10, 2016 at 7:38

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Joe Audette · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-08 12:03:30Z

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did you try with specific file names instead of folder names?

"excludeFiles": ["node_modules/path/to/Page.aspx.cs"]

answered Oct 8, 2016 at 12:03

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Eric Aya · Accepted Answer · 2018-01-19 15:34:56Z

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Solution - In the Solution Explorer, right click on the node_modules folder and click "Exclude From Project"

Reason - If you are working on a client side app that includes npm and node_module folders with large amount of dependencies while using website project in Visual Studio, which is a terrible solution.It results in very slow load times and/or file load errors.

If you have a node_modules folder in your project it will affect the files in the project as well as for publishing. Finally, using a node_modules massive folder in your project there is no way to limit files or folders and end up giving errors.

edited Jan 19, 2018 at 15:34

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answered Jan 19, 2018 at 15:20

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