Jenkins - how to add additional folder with subfolders, e.g. Images

Question

I have a web project that Jenkins is building perfectly and pushing to Octopus Deploy.

I now have an additional folder, with subfolders, e.g. Images, which I need to include.

This is not directly part of the .net build and we used to copy it manually afterward.

Do I need a specific plugin which I can use to select the folder to include? Which plugin?

Where in the build process does this plugin run?

The build and deploy to octopus is done in one step - where do I fit in this additional folder to be included in the push to the octopus?

Answer 1

This is not directly part of the .net build and we used to copy it manually afterward.

If your Jenkins server can access that addition folder in a shared path, add a pre-build step which, as an "Executable Windows batch command" step, would copy that folder into the Jenkins workspace.

No plugin needed here.

Once that is done, you would still need to modify Octopus accordingly, to take into account that new copied folder.
See:

• "How to add a folder to a nuspec file"
• "How to include directories recursively in NuSpec file"