Publish a dotnet solution to an output directory

publish-solution.ps1

#Requires -Version 7

$configuration = "Release"
$output_directory_name = "publish"
$target_projects = "Project1","Project2","Project3"
$dotnet_version_directory = "netcoreapp3.1"

# Publish a clean build for every project in the solution
dotnet clean --configuration "$configuration"
If ($LastExitCode -ne 0)
{
  Write-Host -ForegroundColor Red "Error: dotnet clean failed"
  exit $LastExitCode
}

dotnet publish --configuration "$configuration"
If ($LastExitCode -ne 0)
{
  Write-Host -ForegroundColor Red "Error: dotnet publish failed"
  exit $LastExitCode
}

# Create a clean output directory
Remove-Item (Join-Path "." "$output_directory_name") -Recurse -ErrorAction Ignore
If (!(Test-Path (Join-Path "." "$output_directory_name")))
{
  New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path (Join-Path "." "$output_directory_name")
}

# Copy target published assets to output directory
Foreach ($project in $target_projects)
{
  echo "Copying assets for $project..."
  Copy-Item -Path (Join-Path "." "$project" "bin" "$configuration" "$dotnet_version_directory" "publish") -Destination (Join-Path "." "$output_directory_name" "$configuration" "$project") -Recurse
}

echo "Finished!"