directory.build.props

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Project>
  <!-- Saving some paths that are used elsewhere in MSBuild settings and targets -->
  <PropertyGroup>
    <OutputSubdir Condition=" '$(OutputSubDir)' == ''">$(MSBuildProjectName)</OutputSubdir>

    <EnlistmentRoot>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)</EnlistmentRoot>
    <EnlistmentRoot Condition="!HasTrailingSlash('$(EnlistmentRoot)')">$(EnlistmentRoot)\</EnlistmentRoot>
    <MSBuildOverrides>$(MSBuildToolsPath)</MSBuildOverrides>
    
    <!-- setup intermediate folder to be root\Intermedia\ with unique subfolder paths -->
    <IntermediateRootPath>$(EnlistmentRoot)Intermediates</IntermediateRootPath>
    <IntermediateOutputPath>$(IntermediateRootPath)\$(Configuration)\$(Platform)\$(OutputSubdir)</IntermediateOutputPath>

    <OutputRootPath>$(EnlistmentRoot)Drops</OutputRootPath>
    <OutputPath>$(OutputRootPath)\$(Configuration)\$(Platform)\$(OutputSubdir)</OutputPath>

    <!-- Add generated xml documentation files to packaged project output -->
    <ExcludeXmlAssemblyFiles>false</ExcludeXmlAssemblyFiles>
  </PropertyGroup>
  
  <Target Name="CopyFiles" Condition="'$(CopyInputFiles)' == 'true'" >
     <ItemGroup>
      <InputFiles Include="$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)\input\*.txt" />
    </ItemGroup>
    <PropertyGroup>
      <Year>$([System.IO.Directory]::GetParent($(MSBuildProjectDirectory)).Name)</Year>
      <InputOutputPath>$(OutputRootPath)\$(Configuration)\Input\$(Year)\</InputOutputPath>
    </PropertyGroup>
    <Copy SourceFiles="@(InputFiles)" DestinationFolder="$(InputOutputPath)" />
  </Target>
</Project>