How to recursively copy files using MSBuild Copy Task

Today I was faced with the problem of copying a set of files into a new location using a MSBuild task. Previously we got the job done using an xcopy command post build, while this was okay it’s not ideal for front end developers. 

The problem is front end developers are constantly tweaking files usually followed by refreshing the website over and over. In my case today we where building from a kernal, so the task of building the dll’s and waiting for iis to recompile is all very time consuming.

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