[Suggestion] Support for multiple projects with deliverable output

build.template

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 // --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 #r @"packages/FAKE/tools/FakeLib.dll"
-
 open Fake
 open Fake.Git
 open Fake.AssemblyInfoFile
@@ -100,6 +99,16 @@ Target "AssemblyInfo" (fun _ ->
   csProjs |> Seq.iter genCSAssemblyInfo
 )
 
+// Copies binaries from default VS location to exepcted bin folder
+// But keeps a subdirectory structure for each project in the 
+// src folder to support multiple project outputs
+Target "CopyBinaries" (fun _ ->
+    directoryInfo "src" 
+    |> subDirectories 
+    |> Array.map (fun d -> (d.Name,  sprintf "%s/bin/Release" d.FullName)) 
+    |> Array.iter (fun (n, p) -> CopyDir (sprintf "bin/%s" n) p (fun _ -> true)) 
+)
+
 // --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Clean build results
 
@@ -333,6 +342,7 @@ Target "All" DoNothing
 "Clean"
   ==> "AssemblyInfo"
   ==> "Build"
+  ==> "CopyBinaries"
   ==> "RunTests"
   =?> ("GenerateReferenceDocs",isLocalBuild)
   =?> ("GenerateDocs",isLocalBuild)

docs/tools/generate.template

@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 // (the generated documentation is stored in the 'docs/output' directory)
 // --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-// Binaries that have XML documentation (in a corresponding generated XML file)
-let referenceBinaries = [ "##ProjectName##.dll" ]
 // Web site location for the generated documentation
 let website = "/##ProjectName##"
 
@@ -86,19 +84,28 @@ let references =
     |> Some
   else None
 
+let binaries =
+    directoryInfo bin 
+    |> subDirectories
+    |> Array.map (fun d -> d.FullName @@ (sprintf "%s.dll" d.Name))
+    |> List.ofArray
+
+let libDirs =
+    directoryInfo bin 
+    |> subDirectories
+    |> Array.map (fun d -> d.FullName)
+    |> List.ofArray
+
 // Build API reference from XML comments
 let buildReference () =
   CleanDir (output @@ "reference")
-  let binaries =
-    referenceBinaries
-    |> List.map (fun lib-> bin @@ lib)
   MetadataFormat.Generate
     ( binaries, output @@ "reference", layoutRootsAll.["en"],
       parameters = ("root", root)::info,
       sourceRepo = githubLink @@ "tree/master",
       sourceFolder = __SOURCE_DIRECTORY__ @@ ".." @@ "..",
-      publicOnly = true, libDirs = [bin],
-      ?assemblyReferences = references )
+      ?assemblyReferences = references,
+      publicOnly = true,libDirs = libDirs )
 
 // Build documentation from `fsx` and `md` files in `docs/content`
 let buildDocumentation () =

paket.dependencies

@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ nuget NUnit.Runners
 nuget FAKE
 nuget SourceLink.Fake
 
-github fsharp/FAKE modules/Octokit/Octokit.fsx
+github fsharp/FAKE modules/Octokit/Octokit.fsx

src/FSharp.ProjectTemplate/FSharp.ProjectTemplate.fsproj

@@ -19,19 +19,19 @@
     <DebugType>full</DebugType>
     <Optimize>false</Optimize>
     <Tailcalls>false</Tailcalls>
-    <OutputPath>..\..\bin</OutputPath>
+    <OutputPath>.\bin\Debug</OutputPath>
     <DefineConstants>DEBUG;TRACE</DefineConstants>
     <WarningLevel>3</WarningLevel>
-    <DocumentationFile>..\..\bin\FSharp.ProjectTemplate.xml</DocumentationFile>
+    <DocumentationFile>.\bin\Debug\FSharp.ProjectTemplate.xml</DocumentationFile>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|AnyCPU' ">
     <DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType>
     <Optimize>true</Optimize>
     <Tailcalls>true</Tailcalls>
-    <OutputPath>..\..\bin</OutputPath>
+    <OutputPath>.\bin\Release</OutputPath>
     <DefineConstants>TRACE</DefineConstants>
     <WarningLevel>3</WarningLevel>
-    <DocumentationFile>..\..\bin\FSharp.ProjectTemplate.xml</DocumentationFile>
+    <DocumentationFile>.\bin\Release\FSharp.ProjectTemplate.xml</DocumentationFile>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Reference Include="mscorlib" />
@@ -72,4 +72,4 @@
   </Target>
   -->
   <Import Project="..\..\.paket\paket.targets" />
-</Project>
+</Project>