Copy external folder when publish project

Question

I have excluded build folder from project. But when publish the project, I would like to copy the folder and its subfolders content to the root of the project. How can I include that into publish pubxml file?

Answer 1

By using relative paths

private String newPath(Int32 noOfLevels, String SourcePath) 
{

   String path = "";
   for(int i=0; i< noOfLevels; i++) {
     path+= "..\";
   }
   path += SourcePath;
   return path;
}

and

//Now Create all of the directories
foreach (string dirPath in Directory.GetDirectories(SourcePath, "*", 
    SearchOption.AllDirectories))
    Directory.CreateDirectory(dirPath.Replace(SourcePath, DestinationPath));

//Copy all the files & Replaces any files with the same name
foreach (string newPath in Directory.GetFiles(SourcePath, "*.*", 
    SearchOption.AllDirectories))
    File.Copy(newPath, newPath.Replace(SourcePath, DestinationPath), true);

found at Copy the entire contents of a directory in C#

It would be a duplicate question if not for the use of relative paths.