The app.yaml file must be located in your application's root directory. You may check this detail and general app.yaml-related information on the "Configuring your App with app.yaml" documentation page <https://cloud.google.com/appengine/docs/flexible/python/configuring-your-app-with-app-yaml#intro>. This means that the ./config/dev/ directory, where app.yaml is saved, must be regarded as the root directory: you should copy all your app's other directories and files accordingly, to dev, from your home directory, or where stored initially. Once this file copy succeeds, and your app directories are placed under the root "dev" directory, the "gcloud app deploy ./config/dev/app.yaml" command should succeed, as expected.
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