feat: Copy plugins to publish directory (#30)

Author: MrDave1999

Directory.Packages.props

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
     <ManagePackageVersionsCentrally>true</ManagePackageVersionsCentrally>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageVersion Include="CopyPluginsToPublishDirectory" Version="1.0.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Console" Version="6.0.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Abstractions" Version="6.0.0" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Abstractions" Version="6.0.0" />

samples/HostApplications/ConsoleApp/Example.HostConsoleApp.csproj

@@ -6,25 +6,12 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="DotEnv.Core" />
+    <PackageReference Include="CopyPluginsToPublishDirectory" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\..\src\Core\CPlugin.Net.csproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\Contracts\Example.Contracts.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <!-- 
-      Copy the plugins directory to the publish directory.
-      This copies the directories and subdirectories (including files with extension) 
-      from the plugins folder to the publish directory.
-      For this to work, the plug-ins must be compiled.
-    -->
-    <Content 
-      Include="bin\$(Configuration)\$(TargetFramework)\plugins\**" 
-      CopyToPublishDirectory="PreserveNewest"
-      TargetPath="plugins\%(RecursiveDir)\%(Filename)%(Extension)"
-    />
-  </ItemGroup>
-
 </Project>

samples/HostApplications/WebApi/Example.HostWebApi.csproj

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.OpenApi" />
     <PackageReference Include="Swashbuckle.AspNetCore" />
     <PackageReference Include="SimpleResults.AspNetCore" />
+    <PackageReference Include="CopyPluginsToPublishDirectory" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -16,18 +17,4 @@
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\SharedEntities\Example.SharedEntities.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <!-- 
-      Copy the plugins directory to the publish directory.
-      This copies the directories and subdirectories (including files with extension) 
-      from the plugins folder to the publish directory.
-      For this to work, the plug-ins must be compiled.
-    -->
-    <Content 
-      Include="bin\$(Configuration)\$(TargetFramework)\plugins\**" 
-      CopyToPublishDirectory="PreserveNewest"
-      TargetPath="plugins\%(RecursiveDir)\%(Filename)%(Extension)"
-    />
-  </ItemGroup>
-
 </Project>

targets/CopyPluginsToPublishDirectory.nuspec

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<package xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/packaging/2010/07/nuspec.xsd">
+    <metadata>
+        <id>CopyPluginsToPublishDirectory</id>
+        <version>1.0.0</version>
+        <authors>Dave Roman</authors>
+        <owners>Dave Roman</owners>
+        <projectUrl>https://github.com/MrDave1999/CPlugin.Net</projectUrl>
+        <license type="expression">MIT</license>
+        <readme>README.md</readme>
+        <icon>plugin-icon-nuget.png</icon>
+        <requireLicenseAcceptance>false</requireLicenseAcceptance>
+        <description>
+          A simple package that allows to copy the plugins directory from the output directory to the publish directory
+        </description>
+		<releaseNotes></releaseNotes>
+        <copyright>Copyright (c) Dave Roman</copyright>
+        <tags>targets target plugins addons plugin plugin-architecture</tags>
+    </metadata>
+
+    <files>
+        <file src="README.md" target="" />
+        <file src="..\plugin-icon-nuget.png" target="" />
+        <file src="build\**" target="build" />
+    </files>
+</package>

targets/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+## About
+
+A simple package that allows to copy the plugins directory from the output directory (e.g. bin/Debug/net8.0) to the publish directory.

targets/build/CopyPluginsToPublishDirectory.targets

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<Project>
+  
+    <ItemGroup>
+    <!-- 
+      Copy the plugins directory to the publish directory.
+      This copies the directories and subdirectories (including files with extension) 
+      from the plugins folder to the publish directory.
+      For this to work, the plugins must be compiled.
+    -->
+    <Content 
+      Include="bin\$(Configuration)\$(TargetFramework)\plugins\**" 
+      CopyToPublishDirectory="PreserveNewest"
+      TargetPath="plugins\%(RecursiveDir)\%(Filename)%(Extension)"
+    />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  
+</Project>