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src/
  Web/  <-- Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.IHostingEnvironment.ContentRootPath, System.IO.Directory.GetCurrentDirectory()

    project.json
    web.config
    
    wwwroot/ <--  Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.IHostingEnvironment.WebRootPath
      app.js
    
    Views/Home/
      Index.cshtml
      
    bin/Debug/netcoreapp1.0/
      Web.dll <-- System.AppContext.BaseDirectory

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C:\inetpub\  <-- System.AppContext.BaseDirectory, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.IHostingEnvironment.ContentRootPath, System.IO.Directory.GetCurrentDirectory()
  Web.dll
  web.config
  
  wwwroot/   <-- Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.IHostingEnvironment.WebRootPath
      app.js
    
  Views/Home/
    Index.cshtml

Why not set ContentRootPath = Directory.GetCurrentDirectory()?

Because current directory is settable by anything within the process. It is not guaranteed that a user service won't change this.

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