How to run a .net core app globally

My system path env varaible is too large, otherwise I’d put it there. How to do that, wihtout cd-ing to the deployment folder?

I tried: dotnet tool install -g myConsoleTool --add-source=./nupkg

cmd.exe: myConsoleTool

Unhandled exception. System.IO.FileNotFoundException: The configuration file ‘appsettings.json’ was not found and is not optional. The physical path is ‘C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Enterprise\appsettings.json’.

The appsettings.json file is in the bin folder.

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• Content: Create a .NET Core console application using Visual Studio - .NET Core
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[wli3]

Directory.GetCurrentDirectory() will give you the current working directly. It is related to your shell. You can start from System.Reflection.Assembly.GetAssembly(typeof(THETYPE)).Location;

[Legends]

Ok, I was confused, because I couldn’t see any dependent files next to the gitrepo.exe. Thanks for your support!

var location = Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetAssembly(typeof(Program)).Location);