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<!-- Generated files should be placed in $(IntermediateOutputPath) -->

<ItemGroup>
<!-- If your generated file was placed in `obj\` -->
<None Include="$(IntermediateOutputPath)my-generated-file.xyz" CopyToOutputDirectory="PreserveNewest"/>
<!-- If you know exactly where that file is going to be, you can hard code the path. -->
<None Include="some\specific\path\my-generated-file.xyz" CopyToOutputDirectory="PreserveNewest"/>

<!-- If you want to capture "all files of a certain type", you can glob like so. -->
<None Include="some\specific\path\*.xyz" CopyToOutputDirectory="PreserveNewest"/>
<None Include="some\specific\path\*.*" CopyToOutputDirectory="PreserveNewest"/>
</ItemGroup>
</Target>
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