Getting Started

Add the embedded files to your project, for example:

<ItemGroup>
    <AdditionalFiles Include="wwwroot\index.html" />
    <AdditionalFiles Include="wwwroot\css\site.css" />
    <AdditionalFiles Include="wwwroot\js\site.js" />
</ItemGroup>

Then in an .editorconfig file add the following property,

[wwwroot/index.html]
embed = true

[wwwroot/css/site.css]
embed = true

[wwwroot/js/site.js]
embed = true

Then finally add the Pasted source generator to your project:

<ItemGroup>
    <PackageReference Include="Pasted" Version="x.x.x">
        <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
        <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
    </PackageReference>
</ItemGroup>

The generator emits a static class with one constant per embedded file,

namespace Pasted;

/// <summary>
/// Compiled embedded files
/// </summary>
internal static partial class EmbeddedFiles
{
    /// <summary>
    /// index.html embedded file
    /// </summary>
    public const string index = "<!doctype html>...";
}

so the contents are available as compile time constants,

const string html = EmbeddedFiles.index;

The namespace and static property name can be configured in the .editorconfig file.

Configuration Options

Option	Type	Default	Description
embed	boolean	false	Enables embedding this file into the generated class. Files with embed = true will be included.
namespace	string	Pasted	Overrides the namespace used for the generated static class.
class_name	string	EmbeddedFiles	Overrides the name of the generated static class that contains file constants.
name	string	Derived from file name (sans extension)	Overrides the constant field name for the file; by default uses the file name without extension.
public	boolean	false	Controls visibility of generated class and its fields; true makes them public, else internal.