title: Is it possible to specify executablePath as a relative path in launchsettings.json?
body: <p>I'm looking at a project written by an ex-colleague, in the file <code>launchSettings.json</code> (under Properties) he has the following:</p>
  
  <pre><code>{
    "profiles": {
      "ProjectName": {
        "commandName": "Executable",
        "executablePath": "C:\\code\\project\\\\src\\project.name\\bin\\Debug\\net471\\NServiceBus.Host.exe"
      }
    }
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Where that <code>executablePath</code> is the path to where his local repository was. But ofcourse, other team members will not have the same local path. Which is fine and not something we should enforce.</p>
  
  <p>Two questions:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Why is it there, what's it's purpose?</li>
  <li>Can this be a relative path? -> <strong><em>Yes it can</em></strong></li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>-> "..\net471\NServiceBus.Host.exe"</p>