Why local.settings.json is needed for task azureFunctionsPackageZip?

[Tynamix]

If i get this correct, the zipped function package must not include the local.settings.json file to work.

If i try to run the task azureFunctionsPackageZip without having a local.settings.json file, i get this error:

Execution failed for task ':azureFunctionsPackage'.
> Cannot package functions due to error: Cannot find file: C:\Users\[...]\local.settings.json, please check the document at https://aka.ms/functions-local-settings

Our buildserver which will create the packaged zip as artifact must have a dummy local.settings.json file which will not included at the end if i understand this line of code correctly:

https://github.com/microsoft/azure-gradle-plugins/blob/ecb2238882e76eb18b3e416e7ec5f5df58c82555/azure-functions-gradle-plugin/src/main/java/com/microsoft/azure/plugin/functions/gradle/task/PackageZipTask.java#L52

Why is this file mandatory than?

Background: The local.settings.json file is added to .gitignore but because of this gradle task it must generate a dummy local.settings.json, just to make the build work

[andxu]

local.settings.json is required for local run, but the zip file uploaded to azure will not be allowed to contain this file(the name indicates that), the package goal is for goal: deploy and local run, so it requires that file. if you don't want to local run your functions, you can create an empty json for local.settings.json()

[javafrog]

I think it's understandable that it is required for execution of a function:

• in the cloud, app settings are utilized
• locally, the local.settings.json mirrors the app setting environment

However, if I just want to compile an artifact (for later deployment to the cloud), there should not be the need for an (empty) configuration file.

[andxu]

Will remove the limit to have localsettings.json in new releases