VS 2013 Config File Missing in Azure Cloud Service

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I have created an Azure Cloud Service (call it A) in Visual Studio 2013, using Azure SDK v2.6. The cloud service has a single role from project B, project B references project C, and project C references project D. Project D includes a content file called D.dll.config. I have verified that when I build, the file D.dll.config exists in D\bin\Debug\, C\bin\Debug\, and B\bin\Debug\. However, when I run A in both the emulator and on Azure, my config file is absent.

On my local machine, this directory is A\csx\Debug\roles\B\approot\. Does anyone know how to get the configuration file to be included with my cloud service? A brief explanation as to why it is not being included to begin with would also be appreciated.

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I found an approach that works, as documented here on MSDN. However, if I do that then 1) I have to manually include all content files that all referenced projects need, and 2) I have to maintain a copy of the file in the cloud service directory structure. Both of these issues are maintenance nightmares, so this solution is inadequate. – Jeff G
This question/answer on MSDN suggests there is a way to do this that would resolve the second issue I brought up in my previous comment, but I couldn't get that solution to work on Azure v2.6. – Jeff G

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My coworker stumbled across a solution while he was creating a new cloud service. If I add a reference from project B (the one that contains the cloud service role) to project D (the one that contains the config file as content), then D.dll.config is included in the approot directory in my emulator, as well as in Azure.

This solution is still not ideal, as I have to add an explicit reference to all dll's with content. However, it is the best solution that I know of thus far.