How to configure a .NET Core project to copy a specified NuGet reference to the build output?

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A have a .NET Core project and i want to copy a specified NuGet reference (assembly.dll) to the build output because i'm using a dependency injection component that searches de bin folder for the types.

I know that i could use this, but it copies all the nugets when I only want a specific nuget package to be copied:

  <PropertyGroup>
    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.0</TargetFramework>
    <CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>true</CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>
  </PropertyGroup>

Possible duplicate of How to get .NET Core projects to copy NuGet references to build output? — NightOwl888
– NightOwl888, Commented Mar 16, 2018 at 18:30
Do you control this DI component? there are new APIs ("DependencyContext") to scan the logical assembly closure of an application (based on the .deps.json file) instead of enumerating files on disk. — Martin Ullrich
– Martin Ullrich, Commented Mar 16, 2018 at 22:11

Troy Turley · Accepted Answer · 2018-03-16 18:34:14Z

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Assuming you're using Visual Studio... Project->Properties->Build Events

"Put this in the Post-build event command line:" box

copy "$(SolutionDir)assembly.dll" "$(TargetDir)"

Or add this to your project file:

<Target Name="PostBuild" AfterTargets="PostBuildEvent">
    <Exec Command="copy &quot;$(SolutionDir)assembly.dll&quot; &quot;$(TargetDir)&quot;" />
  </Target>

answered Mar 16, 2018 at 18:34

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Miguel Domingues Over a year ago

That would work, though its not the perfect solution because I have to update the postbuild cmd every time the nuget is updated to a new version.

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