Interesting use case issue.

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My application supports the following platforms ( linux-x64, linux-arm64, windows and mac-osx )

All the builds happen on windows 11 except for max-osx.

I copy the files from the PC to the mac, publish and copy the files mac to the PC for packaging. I use remote powershell to do this.

Before I send the files back to the PC, I compress the files using Compress-Archive. However this does not work when I decompress the files back on the mac and run the application it crashes.

What I discovered is that the .app file created via publish creates a .xamarin directory that does not get compressed as stated in the Compress-Archive documentation.

Note

The Compress-Archive cmdlet ignores hidden files and folders when creating or updating the archive file.

To ensure hidden files and folders are compressed into the archive, use the .NET API instead.

So had to use the following .NET api call to get around the issue.

[System.IO.Compression.ZipFile]::CreateFromDirectory($container, $zipPath)

Dont know if this should be documentation thing or not.

Thanks,
Bob