Error MSB4025 when deploying ASP.Net MVC .Net Core app

[m2web]

I am trying to deploy an ASP.Net MVC .Net Core app that was created on an Ubuntu 16.04 system in Visual Studio Code. When attempting to push local git deployment to my Azure app to its Azure App Service.
In the project’s root directory, I ran the following:
git push -u azure master
and got the following:

D:\home\site\repository\project.json(1,1): error MSB4025: The project file could not be loaded. Data at the root level is invalid. Line 1, position 1.
remote: Failed exitCode=1, command=dotnet publish "project.json" --output "D:\local\Temp\8d436b77fda50dd" --configuration Release
remote: An error has occurred during web site deployment.
remote:
remote: Error - Changes committed to remote repository but deployment to website failed.
To https://m2@myappname.scm.azurewebsites.net:443/mayappname.git
[new branch] master -> master
Branch master set up to track remote branch master from azure.

I got an almost identical error message when deploying from the identical repo on Bitbucket.

I have found references to this error when dealing with continuous integration paltforms but has anyone else seen this when trying to deploy an ASP.Net MVC .Net Core app? Here is the project.json file:

{
  "dependencies": {
    "Microsoft.NETCore.App": {
      "version": "1.1.0",
      "type": "platform"
    },
    "Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore": "1.1.*",
    "Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics": "1.1.0",
    "Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics.EntityFrameworkCore": "1.0.0",
    "Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc": "1.1.0",
    "Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer":"1.1.*",
    "Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Tools": {
      "version": "1.1.0-preview4-final",
      "type": "build"
    },
    "Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing": "1.1.0",
    "Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IISIntegration": "1.1.0",
    "Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel": "1.1.0",
    "Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles": "1.1.0",
    "Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.EnvironmentVariables": "1.1.0",
    "Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Json": "1.1.0",
    "Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.CommandLine": "1.1.0",
    "Microsoft.Extensions.Logging": "1.1.0",
    "Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Console": "1.1.0",
    "Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Debug": "1.1.0",
    "Microsoft.Extensions.Options.ConfigurationExtensions": "1.1.0",
    "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.BrowserLink.Loader": "14.1.0"
  },

  "tools": {
    "BundlerMinifier.Core": "2.2.306",
    "Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Tools": "1.1.0-preview4-final",
    "Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IISIntegration.Tools": "1.1.0-preview4-final",
     "Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools": {
      "version": "1.1.0-preview4-final",
      "imports": [
        "portable-net45+win8+dnxcore50",
        "portable-net45+win8"
      ]
    }
  },

  "frameworks": {
    "netcoreapp1.1": {
      "imports": [
        "dotnet5.6",
        "portable-net45+win8"
      ]
    }
  },

  "buildOptions": {
    "emitEntryPoint": true,
    "preserveCompilationContext": true
  },

  "runtimeOptions": {
    "configProperties": {
      "System.GC.Server": true
    }
  },

  "publishOptions": {
    "include": [
      "wwwroot",
      "**/*.cshtml",
      "appsettings.json",
      "web.config"
    ]
  },

  "scripts": {
    "precompile": [ "dotnet bundle" ],
    "prepublish": [ "bower install" ],
    "postpublish": [ "dotnet publish-iis --publish-folder %publish:OutputPath% --framework %publish:FullTargetFramework%" ]
  },

  "tooling": {
    "defaultNamespace": "myNameSpace"
  }
}

I have created a public repo here: https://github.com/m2web/m2prayer.net.core.public
To date there is little available concerning the error that I am getting with asp.net core with Azure App Services.

[jtaubensee]

@m2web - Is this a question about Azure Service Bus?

[m2web]

No, about Azure Continuous Integration when deploying.

[jtaubensee]

@m2web - This repo is specifically for the Azure Service Bus .NET standard client, so unfortunately we will not be able to help you here. I also do not believe that there is a GitHub repo for Azure websites that will be able to take this question, so your best bet is Azure support or StackOverflow.