Can't deploy from Github Subfolder to Azure Deployment Slot

Question

Edit:

Before reading everything below, I can be more succinct in asking why is Azure/KuduSync ignoring my .deployment file and how do I instruct the Kudu App Service to process the file?

I have written a Node.js/React project using Visual Studio 2017. When I link it to a GitHub repository, it copies the parent directory which contains the .sln file and the project folder containing the node.js application.

The problem I'm running into is when I deploy the repository to my Azure deployment slot, Kudu copies the root of the GitHub repository containing the .sln file and the subfolder to the wwwroot folder.

When I browse to the Azure website, I have to go to the

[name].azurewebsite.net/[subfoldername] 

to access Index.html .

I have tried creating a .deployment file with the following configuration:

[config]
project=[subfolder]

I have placed this in the root of my GitHub repository. When I try to deploy, KuduSync ignores the .deployment file.

I have also tried creating a "PROJECT" application setting pointing to the subdirectory and flagging it as a "Deployment slot setting" within my Azure web app slot.

None of these options have instructed Kudu to deploy directly from the subfolder rather than the root of the repository.

[Edit] This is the GitHub and Azure directory structure Snapshots of Directories

[Here's the log from Azure. As you can see it ignores the.deployment file]

    Command: kudusync -v 50 -f /home/site/repository <br/>
-t /home/site/wwwroot <br/>
-n /home/site/deployments/[site]/manifest <br/>
-p /home/site/firstDeploymentManifest <br/>
**-i ".git;.hg;.deployment;.deploy.sh"** <br/>
Kudu sync from: '/home/site/repository' to: '/home/site/wwwroot' <br/>
**Ignoring: .deployment** <br/>
Copying file: '.gitattributes' <br/>
Copying file: '.gitignore' <br/>

Answer 1

I figured out that using the Continuous Deployment option in Azure prevents me from using a custom deployment file. Instead, I decided to create another repository in GitHub from my subfolder. This will allow me to us Azure CD/CI to write my project files directly to wwwroot. Thanks for all of your help.