if ($dir) {
                        $dir =~ m#^/# or $dir = $opts{Directory} . '/' . $dir;
-                       $opts{Repository} = $dir;
+                       $opts{Repository} = abs_path($dir);
 
                        # If --git-dir went ok, this shouldn't die either.
                        my $prefix = $search->command_oneline('rev-parse', '--show-prefix');
        my ($self, @args) = @_;
        if ($self) {
                $self->repo_path() and $ENV{'GIT_DIR'} = $self->repo_path();
+               $self->repo_path() and $self->wc_path()
+                       and $ENV{'GIT_WORK_TREE'} = $self->wc_path();
                $self->wc_path() and chdir($self->wc_path());
                $self->wc_subdir() and chdir($self->wc_subdir());
        }