msbuild-including-generated-files

To include generated files in the MSBuild build process, you leverage MSBuild targets and item groups to ensure dynamically created files are recognized, compiled, or copied to the output directory.

Dynamically generated .cs files are missing during MSBuild compilation because the build pipeline does not automatically recognize them. You must use specific MSBuild targets to integrate newly generated source files into the compilation phase.

To copy non-code generated assets to the output directory in MSBuild, you configure item groups within your build targets to ensure generated configuration or data files are properly included in the final output.

MSBuild supports compiling source code generated by custom build targets by utilizing specific target execution sequences that feed the newly created source files directly into the compilation phase.

The best way to handle dynamically created configuration files in an MSBuild target is to define item groups that capture these non-code assets during the build process and copy them to the output directory.