ASP.NET - Copying extra files on publish not working recursively - asp.net

Question

I have a web application project that I want to publish to a web server. There is a folder of files that are not included in the project, but need to be copied when it is published. I found a few posts on how to do this copying with MSBuild, but I cannot get it to copy all files/folders recursively in the main folder I want to copy.
The folder I want to copy is (proj)/Scripts. (This directory is excluded from the application project because I have all my JavaScript code in a separate project in the same solution, and this folder is copied from the JS project's output folder after it performs minification and other build tasks.)
Here is the section I have added to my *.csproj file:
<PropertyGroup>
<CopyAllFilesToSingleFolderForPackageDependsOn>
CustomCollectFiles;
$(CopyAllFilesToSingleFolderForPackageDependsOn);
</CopyAllFilesToSingleFolderForPackageDependsOn>
</PropertyGroup>
<Target Name="CustomCollectFiles">
<ItemGroup>
<_CustomFiles Include="Scripts\*" />
<FilesForPackagingFromProject Include="%(_CustomFiles.Identity)">
<DestinationRelativePath>
<!-- whitespace and new line added for question readability -->
Scripts\%(RecursiveDir)%(Filename)%(Extension)
</DestinationRelativePath>
</FilesForPackagingFromProject>
</ItemGroup>
</Target>
This will copy any files in the top level of the /Scripts folder, but nothing in its subfolders.
How do I make it recursive?
Fixed my own problem:
<PropertyGroup>
<CopyAllFilesToSingleFolderForPackageDependsOn>
CustomCollectFiles;
$(CopyAllFilesToSingleFolderForPackageDependsOn);
</CopyAllFilesToSingleFolderForPackageDependsOn>
</PropertyGroup>
<Target Name="CustomCollectFiles">
<ItemGroup>
<_CustomFiles Include="Scripts\**\*.*" />
<FilesForPackagingFromProject Include="%(_CustomFiles.Identity)">
<DestinationRelativePath>Scripts\%(RecursiveDir)%(Filename)%(Extension)</DestinationRelativePath>
</FilesForPackagingFromProject>
</ItemGroup>
</Target>
<_CustomFiles Include="Scripts\*" /> had to be changed to
<_CustomFiles Include="Scripts\**\*.*" />

Answer 1

This worked for me:
<ItemGroup>
<Content Include="YourTargetDir\**\*.*">
<Link>YourTargetDir\%(RecursiveDir)%(Filename)%(Extension)</Link>
<CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
</Content>
</ItemGroup>