diff --git a/__test__/git-auth-helper.test.ts b/__test__/git-auth-helper.test.ts
index 603376e..f28bff0 100644
--- a/__test__/git-auth-helper.test.ts
+++ b/__test__/git-auth-helper.test.ts
@@ -821,7 +821,6 @@ async function setup(testName: string): Promise<void> {
     workflowOrganizationId: 123456,
     setSafeDirectory: true,
     githubServerUrl: githubServerUrl,
-    workingDirectory: undefined
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/__test__/input-helper.test.ts b/__test__/input-helper.test.ts
index 21932ca..f90eda9 100644
--- a/__test__/input-helper.test.ts
+++ b/__test__/input-helper.test.ts
@@ -143,4 +143,25 @@ describe('input-helper tests', () => {
     const settings: IGitSourceSettings = await inputHelper.getInputs()
     expect(settings.workflowOrganizationId).toBe(123456)
   })
+
+  it('sets a different working directory', async() => {
+    inputs['working-directory'] = '/home/user/test'
+    inputs['path'] = 'path/to/repo'
+    const settings: IGitSourceSettings = await inputHelper.getInputs()
+    expect(settings.repositoryPath).toBe(path.resolve('/home/user/test/path/to/repo'))
+  })
+
+  it('sets a working directory on root', async() => {
+    inputs['working-directory'] = '/'
+    inputs['path'] = 'path/to/repo'
+    const settings: IGitSourceSettings = await inputHelper.getInputs()
+    expect(settings.repositoryPath).toBe(path.resolve('/path/to/repo'))
+  })
+
+  it('sets a working directory on root and repository path is set to empty', async() => {
+    inputs['working-directory'] = '/'
+    inputs['path'] = ''
+    const settings: IGitSourceSettings = await inputHelper.getInputs()
+    expect(settings.repositoryPath).toBe(path.resolve('/'))
+  })
 })
diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index 76c1143..cef2aea 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -1672,7 +1672,7 @@ function getInputs() {
     return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
         const result = {};
         // Working directory
-        let workingDirectory = core.getInput('workingDirectory') || process.env['GITHUB_WORKSPACE'];
+        let workingDirectory = core.getInput('working-directory') || process.env['GITHUB_WORKSPACE'];
         if (!workingDirectory) {
             throw new Error('working dir not defined');
         }
@@ -1694,8 +1694,8 @@ function getInputs() {
         // Repository path
         result.repositoryPath = core.getInput('path') || '.';
         result.repositoryPath = path.resolve(workingDirectory, result.repositoryPath);
-        if (!(result.repositoryPath + path.sep).startsWith(workingDirectory + path.sep)) {
-            throw new Error(`Repository path '${result.repositoryPath}' is not under '${workingDirectory}'`);
+        if (!(result.repositoryPath + path.sep).startsWith(workingDirectory)) {
+            throw new Error(`Repository path '${result.repositoryPath + path.sep}' is not under '${workingDirectory}'`);
         }
         // Workflow repository?
         const isWorkflowRepository = qualifiedRepository.toUpperCase() ===
diff --git a/src/input-helper.ts b/src/input-helper.ts
index 4697f65..48e1fae 100644
--- a/src/input-helper.ts
+++ b/src/input-helper.ts
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ export async function getInputs(): Promise<IGitSourceSettings> {
   )
   if (
     !(result.repositoryPath + path.sep).startsWith(
-      workingDirectory + path.sep
+      workingDirectory
     )
   ) {
     throw new Error(
-      `Repository path '${result.repositoryPath}' is not under '${workingDirectory}'`
+      `Repository path '${result.repositoryPath + path.sep}' is not under '${workingDirectory}'`
     )
   }