Further workarounds for https://github.com/dotnet/cli/issues/1396

templates/Angular2Spa/ClientApp/dist/_placeholder.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+------------------------------------------------------------------
+Don't delete this file. Do include it in your source control repo.
+------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+This file exists as a workaround for https://github.com/dotnet/cli/issues/1396
+('dotnet publish' does not publish any directories that didn't exist or were
+empty before the publish script started).
+
+Hopefully, this can be removed after the move to the new MSBuild.

templates/Angular2Spa/template_gitignore

@@ -28,8 +28,13 @@ Obj/
 
 # Visual Studio 2015 cache/options directory
 .vs/
-/wwwroot/dist/
-/ClientApp/dist/
+/wwwroot/dist/**
+/ClientApp/dist/**
+
+# Workaround for https://github.com/aspnet/JavaScriptServices/issues/235
+!/wwwroot/dist/_placeholder.txt
+!/ClientApp/dist/_placeholder.txt
+
 
 # MSTest test Results
 [Tt]est[Rr]esult*/

templates/Angular2Spa/template_nodemodules_placeholder.txt

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+------------------------------------------------------------------
+Don't delete this file. Do include it in your source control repo.
+------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 This file exists as a workaround for https://github.com/dotnet/cli/issues/1396
 ('dotnet publish' does not publish any directories that didn't exist or were
 empty before the publish script started, which means it's not enough just to

templates/Angular2Spa/wwwroot/dist/_placeholder.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+------------------------------------------------------------------
+Don't delete this file. Do include it in your source control repo.
+------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+This file exists as a workaround for https://github.com/dotnet/cli/issues/1396
+('dotnet publish' does not publish any directories that didn't exist or were
+empty before the publish script started).
+
+Hopefully, this can be removed after the move to the new MSBuild.

templates/package-builder/src/yeoman/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "generator-aspnetcore-spa",
-  "version": "0.3.2",
+  "version": "0.3.3",
   "description": "Single-Page App templates for ASP.NET Core",
   "author": "Microsoft",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",