How can I skip path resolution when creating a new VS project?

How can I skip path resolution when creating a new VS project?

I've created a custom MVC VS project template for my company. Within the
csproj file, I reference the "_references.js" file of a different project
a couple of levels higher than my current project. The way I have added
this file in the template is as follows:
<ItemGroup>
<Content Include="..\..\MyCompany\Scripts\_references.js">
<Link>Scripts\_references.js</Link>
</Content>
...
</ItemGroup>
However, this ends up rendering like this when the project is created:
<ItemGroup>
<Content
Include="..\..\..\..\..\..\..\Users\MyUser\AppData\Local\Temp\MyCompany\Scripts\_references.js">
<Link>Scripts\_references.js</Link>
</Content>
...
</ItemGroup>
It looks like the process of creating the project is resolving the path in
relation to the location of where the template is being used to build the
project.
Is there someway to force my path? I'd like this path to remain constant
when the project is rendered.
Thanks!