From d9db65d56b92288f4a4f48b3063f07f4a7f4999a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael7371 <40476797+Michael7371@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2025 16:29:41 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] reduce the amount of data included in copy step

---
 .azure/README.md           | 8 ++++++--
 .azure/azure-pipelines.yml | 9 +++++++--
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.azure/README.md b/.azure/README.md
index eb0547472..e61ca2f3e 100644
--- a/.azure/README.md
+++ b/.azure/README.md
@@ -31,8 +31,12 @@ The pipeline automatically triggers when:
 ## Pipeline Steps
 
 1. **Copy Files**
-   - Copies all project files to the artifact staging directory
-   - Ensures all necessary source code is included in the artifact
+   - Copies project files to the artifact staging directory
+   - Excludes certain files/directories by default:
+     - `.git` directories
+     - `data` directories
+     - `docs` directories
+     - Markdown (`.md`) files
 
 2. **Publish Artifact**
    - Creates an artifact named 'jpo-ode'
diff --git a/.azure/azure-pipelines.yml b/.azure/azure-pipelines.yml
index 7dec367fd..4d5879279 100644
--- a/.azure/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/.azure/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -18,8 +18,13 @@ pool:
 steps:
   - task: CopyFiles@2
     inputs:
-      SourceFolder: '../'
-      Contents: '**'
+      SourceFolder: '$(Build.SourcesDirectory)'
+      Contents: |
+        **
+        !**/.git/**
+        !**/data/**
+        !**/docs/**
+        !**/*.md
       TargetFolder: '$(Build.ArtifactStagingDirectory)'
 
   # Publish the artifacts directory for consumption in publish pipeline