🔧 add MSBuild task to copy plugin dlls to folder

For ease of development, this also includes a template .user file to automatically copy to server instance on publish.

Probably due to .NET5 sdk, a small change to the project file properties was also required to copy all dlls to the build folder.

.gitignore

@@ -112,3 +112,5 @@ UpgradeLog*.XML
 # MonoDevelop metafiles
 MediaBrowser.Plugins.Anime.userprefs
 
+# Specific ignores for this repo
+plugin/

Jellyfin.Plugin.Anime/Jellyfin.Plugin.Anime.csproj

@@ -5,15 +5,31 @@
     <RootNamespace>Jellyfin.Plugin.Anime</RootNamespace>
     <AssemblyVersion>10.0.0.0</AssemblyVersion>
     <FileVersion>10.0.0.0</FileVersion>
+    <CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>true</CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="AnitomySharp.NETStandard" Version="0.3.0-beta.1" />
     <PackageReference Include="Jellyfin.Controller" Version="10.6.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <None Remove="Configuration\configPage.html" />
     <EmbeddedResource Include="Configuration\configPage.html" />
   </ItemGroup>
+
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <BinaryPluginOutputFolder>$(SolutionDir)\plugin</BinaryPluginOutputFolder>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <Target Name="CopyPlugin" AfterTargets="Build">
+    <ItemGroup>
+      <BinaryPluginFile Include="$(OutDir)\Jellyfin.Plugin.Anime.dll" />
+      <BinaryPluginFile Include="$(OutDir)\AnitomySharp.dll" />
+    </ItemGroup>
+    <Copy
+            SourceFiles="@(BinaryPluginFile)"
+            DestinationFolder="$(BinaryPluginOutputFolder)\Anime" />
+  </Target>
 
 </Project>

README.md

@@ -11,9 +11,26 @@ This plugin is built with .NET Core to download metadata for anime.
 
 2. Ensure you have .NET Core SDK setup and installed
 
-3. Build plugin with following command.
+3. Build plugin project using either your IDE or the CLI. As an example, the following can be used for a Release build:
 
 ```sh
-dotnet publish --configuration Release --output bin
+dotnet build --configuration Release
 ```
-4. Place the resulting file in the `plugins` folder under the program data directory or inside the portable install directory
+
+On build, the project automatically copies all relevant plugin files to the `plugin` folder in the repository root.
+
+4. Copy the contents of the `plugin` folder (at the repo root) to the `plugins` folder of your Jellyfin installation, under the program data directory or inside the portable install directory
+
+### Copy automation for development
+
+Step 4 can be automated by adding a `Jellyfin.Plugin.Anime.csproj.user` file to the project folder, to copy the published dlls directly to the correct folder for your local Jellyfin server.
+
+```xml
+<?xml version="1.0"?> 
+<Project>
+    <PropertyGroup>
+        <!-- NOTE The following property will deploy the plugin to the config folder of your running Jellyfin install, for easier testing. This way you don't have to copy files manually, and a simple server restart is sufficient. -->
+        <BinaryPluginOutputFolder>PATH_TO_YOUR_JELLYFIN_CONFIG_FOLDER\plugins</BinaryPluginOutputFolder>-->
+    </PropertyGroup>
+</Project>
+```