How to copy selected files with AngularCLI with WebPack when doing production build

Question

My production build of my Angular2 app using Angular CLI with WebPack needs some files copied to the dist folder so I can deploy the app to our production (IIS) server. Specifically, I need web.config and favicon.ico files copied from src folder to dist folder. The web.config file is necessary so I can apply URL Rewrite rules for html5 routes.

I'm assuming we need to add these static files to angular-cli.json file, but not sure where to list these files so they are included in production build.

Thanks in advance.

Can you use the assets option? eg ``` { "project": { "version": "1.0.0-beta.14", "name": "client" }, "apps": [ { "assets": "assets", ... ``` — shusson, Sep 20 '16 at 01:13
web.config has to be copied to root where index.html resides. It's my understanding assets get copied to assets folder. — Tom Schreck, Sep 20 '16 at 06:45
I guess this issue is relevant: https://github.com/angular/angular-cli/issues/1942 — Yuri, Sep 20 '16 at 16:20
@Yuri. Thanks for the link. looks like there is no fix for this issue. hopefully it will get fixed soon — Tom Schreck, Sep 20 '16 at 16:58
Possible duplicate of [How to include custom files with angular-cli build?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/39538464/how-to-include-custom-files-with-angular-cli-build) — Heretic Monkey, Oct 24 '18 at 18:17

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:54

Currently (angular-cli v1.0.0-beta.26), if you want to copy files and folders to a build, you can list them in assets property in ./angular-cli.json config file.

"assets": [
  "web.config",
  "favicon.ico",
  "some_file",
  "some_folder",
  ...
]

Example of the config in a gist.

Place the web.config and favicon.ico files to ./src/ folder of your project. You should be able to serve them from urls /web.config and /favicon.ico.

If you include folders, they'll need to be a part of the url, i.e. /some_folder/some_subfolder/another_file.txt.

Angular-CLI README

How to copy selected files with AngularCLI with WebPack when doing production build

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