I’ve been having an issue with a F# project I’ve inherited. It had included the local.settings.json in the repository and was copying it during the AzureDevOps Pipeline.
Since the file should not be included in the repository, I added it to the .GitIgnore file and set settings in the project file to:
<None Include="local.settings.json"> <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory> <CopyToPublishDirectory>Never</CopyToPublishDirectory> </None>
This was causing issues with DevOps when it was building the project because it couldn’t find the local.settings.json file.
It took me a bit of googling but I eventually found the answer and changed it to:
<None Include="local.settings.json"
Condition="Exists('local.settings.json')">
<CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
<CopyToPublishDirectory>Never</CopyToPublishDirectory>
</None>
John McArthur 