Switching from dropbox to github–Expected a 'Git' repository but found a 'None' repository

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Overview

If you have dropbox selected for a deployment option and want to switch to github you may get the error message:  Expected a 'Git' repository but found a 'None' repository at path 'D:\\home\\site\\wwwroot'.

Fix

To switch to Github you need to remove the Application Setting (in Application Settings of the Azure portal)  SCM_NO_REPOSITORY.  Click on the ‘…’ of that setting and choose ‘Delete’

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Ref: https://github.com/projectkudu/kudu/wiki/Deploying-inplace-and-without-repository  - search on Dropbox