Content files copied to output are not inherited by other projects

[ChristianHoe]

Using VS2019 and a solution with lots of csprojs,
I have created a NuGet package which just copies a exe file to /bin.

<contentFiles> <files include="**/helper.exe" buildActions="Content" copyToOutput="true" /> </contentFiles>

The package works fine, but if I reference the project in an other project, the exe file (contentFiles) is not copied.

Referencing the package in the top project is not an option, because it is still using the old package.json.

How do I get the content files copied to inherited projects?

[nkolev92]

Hey @ChristianHoe

In PackageReference projects, the content files are by default not transitive.
Refer to https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/nuget/consume-packages/package-references-in-project-files#controlling-dependency-assets.

To make the contentFiles flow transitively to the parent projects, please change the PrivateAssets metadata of the packing project.