@MsBuild [DeploymentItem] - added option to provide output directory

TechTalk.SpecFlow.Generator/UnitTestProvider/MsTest2010GeneratorProvider.cs

@@ -85,7 +85,15 @@ public override void SetTestMethod(TestClassGenerationContext generationContext,
                 IEnumerable<string> deploymentItems = generationContext.CustomData[DEPLOYMENTITEM_TAG] as IEnumerable<string>;
                 foreach (string deploymentItem in deploymentItems)
                 {
-                    CodeDomHelper.AddAttribute(testMethod, DEPLOYMENTITEM_ATTR, deploymentItem);
+                    var outputDirProvided = deploymentItem.Split(':').Any();
+                    if (!outputDirProvided)
+                    {
+                        CodeDomHelper.AddAttribute(testMethod, DEPLOYMENTITEM_ATTR, deploymentItem);
+                    }
+                    else
+                    {
+                        CodeDomHelper.AddAttribute(testMethod, DEPLOYMENTITEM_ATTR, deploymentItem.Split(':'));
+                    }
                 }
             }
         }

Tests/TechTalk.SpecFlow.Specs/Drivers/InputProjectDriver.cs

@@ -147,7 +147,10 @@ public void AddFeatureFile(string featureFileText, string featureFileName = null
 
         public ContentFileInput AddContentFile(string fileName, string fileContent)
         {
-            var contentFileInput = new ContentFileInput(fileName, fileContent);
+            var file = Path.GetFileName(fileName);
+            var directory = Path.GetDirectoryName(fileName);
+
+            var contentFileInput = string.IsNullOrEmpty(directory) || directory == "." ? new ContentFileInput(file, fileContent) : new ContentFileInput(file, fileContent, directory);
             ContentFiles.Add(contentFileInput);
             return contentFileInput;
         }

Tests/TechTalk.SpecFlow.Specs/Drivers/MsBuild/ProjectGenerator.cs

@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ public Project GenerateProject(InputProjectDriver inputProjectDriver)
             foreach (var contentFileInput in inputProjectDriver.ContentFiles)
             {
                 string outputPath = Path.Combine(inputProjectDriver.CompilationFolder, contentFileInput.ProjectRelativePath);
+                new FileInfo(outputPath).Directory?.Create();
                 File.WriteAllText(outputPath, contentFileInput.Content, Encoding.UTF8);
                 project.AddItem("Content", contentFileInput.ProjectRelativePath, new[]
                                                                                   {

Tests/TechTalk.SpecFlow.Specs/Features/MsTestProvider.feature

@@ -106,6 +106,57 @@ Scenario: Should be able to deploy files
 		</TestSettings>
 		"""
 	When I execute the tests with MsTest
+	Then the execution summary should contain
+         | Succeeded |
+         | 1         |
+
+@config
+Scenario: Should be able to deploy files to specific folder
+    Given there is a SpecFlow project
+	And the following binding class
+        """
+		using Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UnitTesting;
+
+		[Binding]
+		public class DeploymentItemSteps
+		{
+			[Then(@"the file '(.*)' exists")]
+			public void ThenTheFileExists(string fileName)
+			{
+			    Assert.IsTrue(File.Exists(fileName));
+			}
+		}
+        """
+	And there is a feature file in the project as
+         """
+		 @MsTest:DeploymentItem:TestXmls\:TestXmls
+		 Feature: Deployment Item Feature
+
+		 Scenario: Deployment Item Scenario
+			Then the file 'TestXmls\DeploymentItemTestFile.txt' exists
+         """
+	And there is a content file 'TestXmls\DeploymentItemTestFile.txt' in the project as
+		"""
+		This is a deployment item file
+		"""
+	And the specflow configuration is
+		"""
+		<specFlow>
+			<unitTestProvider name="MsTest"/>
+		</specFlow>
+		"""
+	And there is a test settings file 'Local.testsettings'
+		"""
+		<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+		<TestSettings
+		  id="b8f2810b-cd53-4519-8b18-d0e599219d54"
+		  name="Local"
+		  enableDefaultDataCollectors="false"
+		  xmlns="http://microsoft.com/schemas/VisualStudio/TeamTest/2010">
+		  <Deployment enabled="true" />
+		</TestSettings>
+		"""
+	When I execute the tests with MsTest
 	Then the execution summary should contain
          | Succeeded |
          | 1         |