added the ability to copy files instead of building them

Contentless/Program.cs

@@ -87,6 +87,13 @@ namespace Contentless {
                 // override importers
                 var over = GetOverrideImporterFor(relative, overrides);
                 if (over != null) {
+                    // copy special case
+                    if (over == "Copy") {
+                        CopyFile(content, relative);
+                        changed = true;
+                        continue;
+                    }
+
                     importer = Array.Find(importers, i => i.Type.Name == over);
                     if (importer == null) {
                         Console.WriteLine($"Override importer {over} not found for file {relative}");
@@ -171,10 +178,16 @@ namespace Contentless {
             content.Add($"/processor:{importer.Importer.DefaultProcessor}");
             content.Add($"/build:{relative}");
             content.Add("");
-
             Console.WriteLine($"Adding file {relative} with importer {importer.Type.Name} and processor {importer.Importer.DefaultProcessor}");
         }
 
+        private static void CopyFile(List<string> content, string relative) {
+            content.Add($"#begin {relative}");
+            content.Add($"/copy:{relative}");
+            content.Add("");
+            Console.WriteLine($"Adding file {relative} with the Copy build action");
+        }
+
         private static string GetRelativePath(string relativeTo, string path) {
             if (!relativeTo.EndsWith(Path.DirectorySeparatorChar.ToString()))
                 relativeTo += Path.DirectorySeparatorChar;

README.md

@@ -21,14 +21,12 @@ To add a configuration file to Contentless, simply create a file named `Contentl
         "obj/",
         "bin/"
     ],
-    // If any files that were skipped without errors should be logged
-    // (Files that already have entries or files that were ignored)
+    // If any files that were skipped without errors should be logged (Files that already have entries or files that were ignored)
     "logSkipped": true,
-    // The list of files that should use a different importer than the one
-    // that Contentless automatically determined. Can use regex
+    // The list of files that should use a different importer than the one that Contentless automatically determined. Can use regex
     "overrides": [
-        // Entries are arrays containing the file regex and importer, e.g.
-        // [".json", "JsonImporter"]
+        // Entries are arrays containing the file regex and importer, for example [".json", "JsonImporter"]
+        // If you specify "Copy" as the importer, the file's Build Mode will be set to Copy rather than Build
     ]
 }
 ```

Test/Content/Content.mgcb

@@ -14,11 +14,6 @@
 
 #---------------------------------- Content ---------------------------------#
 
-#begin Json/Test.json
-/importer:JsonContentImporter
-/processor:JsonContentProcessor
-/build:Json/Test.json
-
 #begin Locale/Interface.xml
 /importer:XmlImporter
 /processor:PassThroughProcessor
@@ -70,3 +65,11 @@
 /processor:TiledMapTilesetProcessor
 /build:Tiled/Tileset.tsx
 
+#begin Json/Test.json
+/importer:JsonContentImporter
+/processor:JsonContentProcessor
+/build:Json/Test.json
+
+#begin Json/Copy.json
+/copy:Json/Copy.json
+

Test/Content/Contentless.json

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
     ],
     "logSkipped": false,
     "overrides": [
+        ["Copy.*", "Copy"],
         [".json", "JsonContentImporter"]
     ]
 }

Test/Content/Json/Copy.json

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+    "test": "copy!"
+}