Skip Updating CopyComplete Marker When Not Necessary

ref/Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Core/net/Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Core.cs

@@ -207,6 +207,8 @@ public Copy() { }
         public Microsoft.Build.Framework.ITaskItem[] SourceFiles { get { throw null; } set { } }
         public bool UseHardlinksIfPossible { get { throw null; } set { } }
         public bool UseSymboliclinksIfPossible { get { throw null; } set { } }
+        [Microsoft.Build.Framework.OutputAttribute]
+        public bool WroteAtLeastOneFile { get { throw null; } }
         public void Cancel() { }
         public override bool Execute() { throw null; }
     }

ref/Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Core/netstandard/Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Core.cs

@@ -137,6 +137,8 @@ public Copy() { }
         public Microsoft.Build.Framework.ITaskItem[] SourceFiles { get { throw null; } set { } }
         public bool UseHardlinksIfPossible { get { throw null; } set { } }
         public bool UseSymboliclinksIfPossible { get { throw null; } set { } }
+        [Microsoft.Build.Framework.OutputAttribute]
+        public bool WroteAtLeastOneFile { get { throw null; } }
         public void Cancel() { }
         public override bool Execute() { throw null; }
     }

src/Tasks/Copy.cs

@@ -139,6 +139,9 @@ public Copy()
         [Output]
         public ITaskItem[] CopiedFiles { get; private set; }
 
+        [Output]
+        public bool WroteAtLeastOneFile { get; private set; }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Whether to overwrite files in the destination
         /// that have the read-only attribute set.
@@ -298,6 +301,9 @@ FileState destinationFileState  // The destination file
 
                 File.Copy(sourceFileState.Name, destinationFileState.Name, true);
             }
+
+            // Files were successfully copied or linked. Those are equivalent here.
+            WroteAtLeastOneFile = true;
 
             destinationFileState.Reset();
 

src/Tasks/Microsoft.Common.CurrentVersion.targets

@@ -4690,6 +4690,7 @@ Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
 
       <Output TaskParameter="DestinationFiles" ItemName="FileWritesShareable"/>
       <Output TaskParameter="CopiedFiles" ItemName="ReferencesCopiedInThisBuild"/>
+      <Output TaskParameter="WroteAtLeastOneFile" PropertyName="WroteAtLeastOneFile"/>
 
     </Copy>
 
@@ -4699,7 +4700,7 @@ Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
          input to projects that reference this one. -->
     <Touch Files="@(CopyUpToDateMarker)"
            AlwaysCreate="true"
-           Condition="'@(ReferencesCopiedInThisBuild)' != ''">
+           Condition="'@(ReferencesCopiedInThisBuild)' != '' and '$(WroteAtLeastOneFile)' == 'true'">
         <Output TaskParameter="TouchedFiles" ItemName="FileWrites" />
     </Touch>