diff --git a/__test__/git-auth-helper.test.ts b/__test__/git-auth-helper.test.ts
index aae9e49..c5a72d7 100644
--- a/__test__/git-auth-helper.test.ts
+++ b/__test__/git-auth-helper.test.ts
@@ -825,7 +825,6 @@ 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 9514cb4..5c79f7a 100644
--- a/__test__/input-helper.test.ts
+++ b/__test__/input-helper.test.ts
@@ -144,4 +144,25 @@ 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/src/input-helper.ts b/src/input-helper.ts
index 7fa47c3..2e1d2d4 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}'`
     )
   }