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 ### Project assets
 
-You can add any files you want copied as-is to `src/assets/`.
+You use the `assets` array in `angular-cli.json` to list files or folders you want to copy as-is when building your project:
+```json
+"assets": [
+  "assets",
+  "favicon.ico"
+]
+```
 
 ### Global styles