New .NET “project.json” project, copying pre-built native .dlls to the output directory

Question

I\'m looking to convert my project to use project.json format, but still using the .NET CLR until 3rd party dependencies add support for CoreCLR.

With that

Answer 1

You can use a postbuild script to achive what you want.

Here's an example: https://github.com/aspnet/dnx/blob/2acce95b3f2ad4e924bc36471ed8f08ee1fccd2b/src/Microsoft.Dnx.Compilation.CSharp.Abstractions/project.json#L21-L28

Answer 2

The current way to do this in .NET Core RTM is setting copyToOutput in project.json's buildOptions section:

Change your project.json from this:

{
  "version": "1.0.0-*",
  "buildOptions": {
    "emitEntryPoint": true
  },

  // more stuff
}

...to this:

{
  "version": "1.0.0-*",
  "buildOptions": {
    "emitEntryPoint": true,
    "copyToOutput": { "includeFiles": [ "ClearScriptV8-32.dll", "v8-ia32.dll" ] }
  },

  // more stuff
}