Publishing to local folder results in a different folder/file structure than old style project

[rgozim]

For this experiment, I created a templated WebApi project from Visual Studio for the classic .NET Framework and modified the .csproj file to contain the minimal following:

<Project Sdk="MSBuild.SDK.SystemWeb/4.0.93">
  <PropertyGroup>
      <AssemblyTitle>WebApplication1</AssemblyTitle>
      <TargetFramework>net481</TargetFramework>
      <Configurations>Debug;Release</Configurations>
      <Platforms>AnyCPU;x64;ARM64</Platforms>
      <OutputPath>bin\</OutputPath>
  </PropertyGroup>
    <ItemGroup>
        <None Include="Properties\launchSettings.json" />
    </ItemGroup>
    <ItemGroup>
      <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc" Version="5.3.0" />
      <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNet.Web.Optimization" Version="1.1.3" />
      <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNet.WebApi" Version="5.3.0" />
    </ItemGroup>
    <ItemGroup>
      <Reference Include="Microsoft.CSharp" />
      <Reference Include="System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations" />
    </ItemGroup>
</Project>

The web application compiles fine, however when publishing the output is different from that of the classic project. In the classic project the published output includes web.config and various files and folders

In the MSBuild.SDK.SystemWeb publish the output looks like this:

[CZEMacLeod]

Publish from within visual studio is not supported - as this must use the web publish method instead of the standard publish for apps.
I don't know any way to 'trick' VS to including the webpublish options instead of the 'standard' options.
More information can be found in #12
I suggest using a batch file to publish and run the msbuild command.

[CZEMacLeod]

@rgozim Have you tried the suggestions above? If this workaround works for you, can you close.