ZipDeploy docs

When an ASP.NET Core site is running, it locks the assemblies that are in use. This prevents the old ASP.NET style x-copy deployment.

ZipDeploy is a small library to allow you to zip up your publish folder and deploy it by FTP-ing the resulting zip up to a running site. This can prevent errors like ERROR_FILE_IN_USE, or “locked by an external process”:

• Deployment fails due to file in use · Issue #694 · dotnet/aspnetcore
• IIS -> Lock .NET Core application DLL file · Issue #3793 · dotnet/aspnetcore

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