csproj inheritance to only deploy static files.

csproj-static-only

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Project ToolsVersion="3.5" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">

  <ItemGroup>
    <TheParentProj Include="$(ParentProj)" />
  </ItemGroup>

  <!-- This is the entry point for this msbuild project. -->

  <Target Name="ContentFiles">

    <Error Condition="'$(ParentProj)'==''" Text="Please specify a *.proj file as a ParentProj property." />

    <!-- Use the MSBuild task to call the CopyContentFiles target on itself. -->

    <MSBuild Projects="$(MSBuildProjectFile)"
             Targets="CopyContentFiles"
             Properties="ProjectToGetFiles=%(TheParentProj.Identity)">

        <Output ItemName="projContent" TaskParameter="TargetOutputs"/>

    </MSBuild>

     <!-- Transform the projContent to have correct path -->

     <!-- 
       Get the relative path to the project itself, this serves as the base for
       the Content files path
     -->

     <PropertyGroup>
       <_ParentDir>%(TheParentProj.Directory)</_ParentDir>
       <_CurrentDir>$(MSBuildThisFileDirectoryNoRoot)</_CurrentDir>
       <_ParentRelativeDir>$(_ParentDir.Replace("$(_CurrentDir)", ""))</_ParentRelativeDir>
     </PropertyGroup>

     <!-- This item will contain the item with the corrected path values -->

     <ItemGroup>
       <projContent>
         <SourceFile>$(_ParentRelativeDir)\%(RelativeDir)%(Filename)%(Extension)</SourceFile>
         <DestinationFile>$(_PackageTempDir)\%(RelativeDir)%(Filename)%(Extension)</DestinationFile>
       </projContent>
     </ItemGroup>

     <!-- Debugging --> 

     <Message Text="Parent Dir : $(_ParentDir)" Importance="high" />
     <Message Text="Current Dir : $(_CurrentDir)" Importance="high" />
     <Message Text="Parent Rel : $(_ParentRelativeDir)" Importance="high" />
     <Message Text="Temp Save File : @(ProjContentFixed)" Importance="high" />
     <Message Text="Test : @(projContent-> '%(Source)')" Importance="high" />
     <Message Text="Test : @(projContent-> '%(Destination)')" Importance="high" />

     <!-- End Debugging -->

     <Copy SourceFiles="@(projContent->'%(SourceFile)')"
        DestinationFiles="@(projContent->'%(DestinationFile)')"/>

  </Target>

  <!-- Import all the the properties and items within the project specified in ProjectToGetFiles. --> 

  <Import Project="$(ProjectToGetFiles)" Condition="'$(ProjectToGetFiles)'!=''"/> 

  <Target Name="CopyContentFiles" Condition="'$(ProjectToGetFiles)'!=''" Outputs="@(Content)" > 

    <Message Text="Content : @(Content)" Importance="high"/> 

  </Target> 

</Project>