ASP.NET Core RC2 Area not published

Question

So I just updated my app to use ASP.NET Core RC2. I published it using Visual Studio and noticed that my Area is not published:

This snapshot is from src\MyProject\bin\Release\PublishOutput:

And here is my Area, named Admin in Visual Studio:

Am I missing an step or what?

Isodimorphism

Answer 1

You need to configure your publishOptions section of project.json to include the Areas folder which is not included in the default template:

ex:

"publishOptions": {
  "include": [
    "wwwroot",
    "Views",
    "appsettings.json",
    "web.config",
    "Areas"
  ],
  "exclude": [ "bin" ]
}

Update

If you want to ensure that your controllers and other .cs files are not included, you can blacklist with the exclude property of publishOptions like so:

"publishOptions": {
  "include": [ "wwwroot", "Views", "appsettings.json", "web.config", "Areas" ],
  "exclude": [ "**.user", "**.vspscc", "**.cs", "bin" ]
}

If you prefer more restrictive security, you can simply whitelist .cshtml files instead of including the entire Areas folder like so:

"publishOptions": {
  "include": [ "wwwroot", "**.cshtml", "appsettings.json", "web.config" ],
  "exclude": [ "bin" ]
}

Note

Be careful using wildcards like **.cshtml as they will include all files in all subdirectories, including the bin directory. If you have any views in your bin folder from a previous build, they will be duplicated again inside the new build output until the path becomes too long.

Ligni

This indeed publishes the Areas folder BUT it also publishes the Controllers folder inside an area with .cs files! That's not wanted! – Isodimorphism

Updated my answer to include details of white-listing only cshtml files, rather than including the entire Areas folder – Ligni

In order to include all Views folders which are located inside Areas folder, use this - Areas/**/Views, but it doesn't work in RC2 and 1.0 because of bug which is described here - github.com/dotnet/cli/issues/3286, as workaround use this Areas/**/*.cshtml – Frawley

Answer 2

Adding Areas will copy everything including the .cs files.

so should add "Areas/**/Views/**/*.cshtml" and "Areas/ * /.cshtml" under publish options instead of only "Areas"

Canal