Public folder is not copied as a project file during "kpm pack"

src/Microsoft.Framework.PackageManager/Packing/PackProject.cs

@@ -58,13 +58,28 @@ public void EmitSource(PackRoot root)
             // A set of excluded files/directories used as a filter when doing copy
             var excludeSet = new HashSet<string>(project.PackExcludeFiles, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
 
+            // If a public folder is specified with 'webroot' or '--wwwroot', we ignore it when copying project files
+            var wwwRootPath = string.Empty;
+            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(WwwRoot))
+            {
+                wwwRootPath = Path.Combine(project.ProjectDirectory, WwwRoot);
+            }
+
             root.Operations.Copy(project.ProjectDirectory, TargetPath, (isRoot, filePath) =>
             {
+                // If current file/folder is in the exclusion list, we don't copy it
                 if (excludeSet.Contains(filePath))
                 {
                     return false;
                 }
 
+                // If current folder is the public folder, we don't copy it to destination project
+                // All files/folders inside this folder also get ignored if we return false here
+                if (string.Equals(wwwRootPath, filePath))
+                {
+                    return false;
+                }
+
                 // The full path of target generated by copy operation should also be excluded
                 var targetFullPath = filePath.Replace(project.ProjectDirectory, TargetPath);
                 excludeSet.Add(targetFullPath);