diff --git a/.deployment b/.deployment
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+[config]
+SCM_DO_BUILD_DURING_DEPLOYMENT=true
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diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
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+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
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+{
+    "appService.zipIgnorePattern": [
+        "__pycache__{,/**}",
+        "*.py[cod]",
+        "*$py.class",
+        ".Python{,/**}",
+        "build{,/**}",
+        "develop-eggs{,/**}",
+        "dist{,/**}",
+        "downloads{,/**}",
+        "eggs{,/**}",
+        ".eggs{,/**}",
+        "lib{,/**}",
+        "lib64{,/**}",
+        "parts{,/**}",
+        "sdist{,/**}",
+        "var{,/**}",
+        "wheels{,/**}",
+        "share/python-wheels{,/**}",
+        "*.egg-info{,/**}",
+        ".installed.cfg",
+        "*.egg",
+        "MANIFEST",
+        ".env{,/**}",
+        ".venv{,/**}",
+        "env{,/**}",
+        "venv{,/**}",
+        "ENV{,/**}",
+        "env.bak{,/**}",
+        "venv.bak{,/**}",
+        ".vscode{,/**}"
+    ],
+    "appService.defaultWebAppToDeploy": "/subscriptions/3c559c84-36ed-435e-acef-cb53a1ede4fa/resourceGroups/msdocs-python-webapp-quickstart/providers/Microsoft.Web/sites/msdocs-python-webapp-quickstart-047",
+    "appService.deploySubpath": "."
+}
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