MSBuild Package task - Web Deploy

I'm trying to add custom files to our web deployment package, per this blog posting: http://sedodream.com/2010/05/01/WebDeploymentToolMSDeployBuildPackageIncludingExtraFilesOrExcludingSpecificFiles.aspx

  <Target Name="CustomCollectFiles">
    <Message Text="AppBuildFolder = $(AppBuildFolder)"/>
    <ItemGroup>
      <_CustomFiles Include="..\*Repository*\**\*.dll;..\*Repository*\**\*.pdb" Condition="'$(AppBuildFolder)' == ''" />
      <_CustomFiles Include="$(AppBuildFolder + '*.dll');$(AppBuildFolder + '*.pdb')" Condition="'$(AppBuildFolder)' != ''" />
      <FilesForPackagingFromProject Include="%(_CustomFiles.Identity)">
        <DestinationRelativePath>bin\%(Filename)%(Extension)</DestinationRelativePath>
      </FilesForPackagingFromProject>
    </ItemGroup>
    <Message Text="Files found: @(_CustomFiles)"/>
  </Target>

We have some other references located at AppBuildFolder that we need copied into the package, but I never see any File found outputted in the message. Any ideas?

Thanks Andy

Solution

Ok, so the problem was this. We are using Nant's MsBuild task to build the Web Deploy project.

Apparently, when calling the task like this:

<msbuild>
  <property name="AppBuildFolder" value="${Some.Path.Ending.In.Backslash}" />
</msbuild>

MsBuild ends up with this value c:\myfolder". Notice the double quote at the end, instead of c:\myfolder\.

The fix was to change the <property /> and pass the value using the <arg /> element.

So, the problem was the MsBuild task in NantContrib.

Hope this saves somebody else some time.