diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index da55d2d..86c0727 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -47,3 +47,16 @@ jobs:
             [ "$(git config user.name)" = "Ansible Documentation Bot" ]
             [ "$(git config user.email)" = "${adb_email}" ]
           done
+          git config --global --unset user.name
+          git config --global --unset user.email
+
+
+      - name: "3. Run complex case with working-directory"
+        uses: ./
+        with:
+          working-directory: ./test
+      - name: "3. Check complex case with working-directory"
+        run: |
+          cd test
+          [ "$(git config user.name)" = "github-actions" ]
+          [ "$(git config user.email)" = "${gha_email}" ]
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 28959c0..a5f0c60 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ inputs:
     description: "Name of the committer (user.name)"
   global:
     description: "Whether to set the config globally or only for the current repo"
+  working-directory:
+    description: "Directory in which to run commands"
+    default: "."
 runs:
   using: composite
   steps:
@@ -22,6 +25,7 @@ runs:
         INPUT_BOT: "${{ inputs.bot }}"
         INPUT_NAME: "${{ inputs.name || inputs.bot }}"
         INPUT_GLOBAL: "${{ inputs.global }}"
+        INPUT_WORKING_DIRECTORY: "${{ inputs.working-directory }}"
         SCRIPT: "${{ github.action_path }}/set_bot_user.sh"
       run: |
         set -euo pipefail
@@ -31,6 +35,7 @@ runs:
         if [[ "${INPUT_GLOBAL}" =~ (true|1) ]]; then
           args+=("--global")
         fi
+        cd "${INPUT_WORKING_DIRECTORY}"
         set -x
         git config "${args[@]}" \
           user.name "${INPUT_NAME}"