Unable to locate config file or config directory - R Blogdown + GitHub + Netlify

Kindly request your support.

I’m trying to render a Blog (R blogdown + Hugo: Theme (Anatole) + GitHub Repo).
When I started deploying the Blog from GitHub (Repo: GitHub - arehor/Blog - HUGO_VERSION = 0.85.0)
the following Error Message appears: “Error: Unable to locate config file or config directory”
I’m attaching the deploy log:

8:00:10 PM: Starting build script
8:00:10 PM: Installing dependencies
8:00:10 PM: Python version set to 2.7
8:00:06 PM: Build ready to start
8:00:08 PM: build-image version: 6c366b9e0cc38bb3f3a40b7951f398b33cac286d
8:00:08 PM: build-image tag: v3.8.1
8:00:08 PM: buildbot version: d6f7e5fc881fb3682c2d42eb968d84e9b04dfca0
8:00:08 PM: Fetching cached dependencies
8:00:08 PM: Failed to fetch cache, continuing with build
8:00:08 PM: Starting to prepare the repo for build
8:00:09 PM: No cached dependencies found. Cloning fresh repo
8:00:09 PM: git clone GitHub - arehor/Blog
8:00:09 PM: Preparing Git Reference refs/heads/main
8:00:10 PM: Parsing package.json dependencies
8:00:11 PM: v12.18.0 is already installed.
8:00:12 PM: Now using node v12.18.0 (npm v6.14.4)
8:00:12 PM: Started restoring cached build plugins
8:00:12 PM: Finished restoring cached build plugins
8:00:12 PM: Attempting ruby version 2.7.2, read from environment
8:00:13 PM: Using ruby version 2.7.2
8:00:14 PM: Using PHP version 5.6
8:00:14 PM: Installing Hugo 0.85.0
8:00:15 PM: hugo v0.85.0-724D5DB5+extended linux/amd64 BuildDate=2021-07-05T10:46:28Z VendorInfo=gohugoio
8:00:15 PM: Started restoring cached go cache
8:00:15 PM: Finished restoring cached go cache
8:00:15 PM: go version go1.14.4 linux/amd64
8:00:15 PM: go version go1.14.4 linux/amd64
8:00:15 PM: Installing missing commands
8:00:15 PM: Verify run directory
8:00:15 PM: ​
8:00:15 PM: ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
8:00:15 PM: Netlify Build
8:00:15 PM: ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
8:00:15 PM: ​
8:00:15 PM: ❯ Version
8:00:15 PM: @netlify/build 15.11.5
8:00:15 PM: ​
8:00:15 PM: ❯ Flags
8:00:15 PM: deployId: 60f4b276bc7fd15d1c301879
8:00:15 PM: ​
8:00:15 PM: ❯ Current directory
8:00:15 PM: /opt/build/repo
8:00:15 PM: ​
8:00:15 PM: ❯ Config file
8:00:15 PM: No config file was defined: using default values.
8:00:15 PM: ​
8:00:15 PM: ❯ Context
8:00:15 PM: production
8:00:15 PM: ​
8:00:15 PM: ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
8:00:15 PM: 1. Build command from Netlify app
8:00:15 PM: ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
8:00:15 PM: ​
8:00:15 PM: $ hugo
8:00:15 PM: Error: Unable to locate config file or config directory. Perhaps you need to create a new site.
8:00:15 PM: Run hugo help new for details.
8:00:15 PM: Total in 0 ms
8:00:15 PM: ​
8:00:15 PM: ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
8:00:15 PM: “build.command” failed
8:00:15 PM: ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
8:00:15 PM: ​
8:00:15 PM: Error message
8:00:15 PM: Command failed with exit code 255: hugo
8:00:15 PM: ​
8:00:15 PM: Error location
8:00:15 PM: In Build command from Netlify app:
8:00:15 PM: hugo
8:00:15 PM: ​
8:00:15 PM: Resolved config
8:00:15 PM: build:
8:00:15 PM: command: hugo
8:00:15 PM: commandOrigin: ui
8:00:15 PM: environment:
8:00:15 PM: - HUGO_VERSION
8:00:15 PM: publish: /opt/build/repo/public
8:00:15 PM: publishOrigin: ui
8:00:16 PM: Caching artifacts
8:00:16 PM: Started saving build plugins
8:00:16 PM: Finished saving build plugins
8:00:16 PM: Started saving pip cache
8:00:16 PM: Finished saving pip cache
8:00:16 PM: Started saving emacs cask dependencies
8:00:16 PM: Finished saving emacs cask dependencies
8:00:16 PM: Started saving maven dependencies
8:00:16 PM: Finished saving maven dependencies
8:00:16 PM: Started saving boot dependencies
8:00:16 PM: Finished saving boot dependencies
8:00:16 PM: Started saving rust rustup cache
8:00:16 PM: Finished saving rust rustup cache
8:00:16 PM: Started saving go dependencies
8:00:16 PM: Finished saving go dependencies
8:00:18 PM: Build failed due to a user error: Build script returned non-zero exit code: 2
8:00:18 PM: Creating deploy upload records
8:00:18 PM: Failing build: Failed to build site
8:00:18 PM: Failed during stage ‘building site’: Build script returned non-zero exit code: 2
8:00:18 PM: Finished processing build request in 10.494336973s

Pls, your support on this.
Thanks in advance,
Alex

I think this is because you’ve committed your ‘public’ directory (i.e. the final output) rather than the ‘source’ that Netlify will use to build and deploy your site.

If you want to build your site on your own machine, you can just drag and drop the public folder, and netlify will serve it. This is a pretty simple way to do things.

If you want to use Netlify’s continuous deployment, commit your whole project: i.e. the content, themes, static folders, without the public folder.