Using Angular-CLI build to copy a file / directory

Question

Is there a way to make angular-cli\'s ng buil --prod command to also copy a file/directory to the dist folder?

My project includes a \"server\" folder, and

Answer 1

On your angular-cli.json on assets object add the folders you want to include like:

Note : For Angular 9, this should be placed on angular.json file

"assets": [
    "assets",
    "favicon.ico",
    "META-INF",
    "WEB-INF"
  ]

Answer 2

For those wanting to copy files outside the src folder:

In example below I am copying all files from myfolder to the root dist folder.

In the angular-cli.json file (3rd line):

"assets": [
   { "glob": "**/*", "input": "./assets/", "output": "./assets/" },
   { "glob": "favicon.ico", "input": "./", "output": "./" },
   { "glob": "**/*", "input": "../myfolder", "output": "./" }
],

Angular-cli.json Documentation here