Excluding files using Robocopy and PowerShell

When I want to do web deployments as part of my continuous integration build process, I often need to exclude certain files such as the Web.config from being deployed to my staging or QA environments.

Therefore, I use Robocopy and PowerShell to accomplish this.

Using this simple little PowerShell script, you can use Robocopy to exclude files from your deployments as well:

	Param
	(
	[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
	$SrcDir,
	[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
	$DestDir
	)
	$ExclusionFiles = @("Web.config")
	#Copy over the directories
	robocopy "$SrcDir" "$DestDir" /e /XF $ExclusionFiles

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