WindowsAzure/azure-sdk-tools — Issue #110: cryptic error when deploymentsettings.json missing 
Author: dennisburton
Created: 2012-01-12 02:40:08+00:00
State: open

I had accidentally deleted the deploymentSettings.json file and received and the error "service root is invalid or empty". Either file default file should be created or a more descriptive error should be produced.