TFS 2015 VNext Copy Files task without copying folders

Question

Using the copy task to copy some msi files to the drop location. The msis are in corresponding bin/debug/release folders. When I use the copy files task it copies the entire folder structure (bin/debug/...msi) to the target location. I just want it to copy the files to the target location. Is that possible?

Are you wanting to do this as one step? – James Davis - MSFT Jul 23 '16 at 03:50 — James Davis - MSFT, Jul 23 '16 at 03:50

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:51

This can be achieved. However, you need to specify the copy root if you want to copy files only without folder structure. You can use $(Build.StagingDirectory) as a target for this. Afterwards use the Publish task with $(Build.StagingDirectory) as copy root and publish everything from this root to the drop.

Detail step and screenshot please take a look at the answer from Eddie in this question: Copy one file in target directory on deploy from visual studio team services

TFS 2015 VNext Copy Files task without copying folders

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