| Working Directory| Description|

| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

| Empty| Defaults to the[Codefresh volume]({{site.baseurl}}/docs/configure-ci-cd-pipeline/introduction-to-codefresh-pipelines/#sharing-the-workspace-between-build-steps) (found at`/codefresh/volume`). If there is a[git clone step]({{site.baseurl}}/docs/codefresh-yaml/steps/git-clone/) with the special name`main_clone` then the default working directory is now the[project folder]({{site.baseurl}}/docs/configure-ci-cd-pipeline/introduction-to-codefresh-pipelines/#cloning-the-source-code) that was checked out.|

| Variable that contains the ID of a[Git-Clone]({{site.baseurl}}/docs/codefresh-yaml/steps/git-clone/) step| Runs the step within the cloned directory. If you name your clone step as`main_clone` then all subsequent pipeline steps will automatically use that cloned directory as working directory.|

| Variable that contains the ID of a[Git-Clone]({{site.baseurl}}/docs/codefresh-yaml/steps/git-clone/) step| Runs the step within the cloned directory. If you name your clone step as`main_clone` then all subsequent pipeline steps will automatically use that cloned directory as working directory.This only applies to[built-in]({{site.baseurl}}/docs/codefresh-yaml/steps/#built-in-steps) Codefresh steps and not[custom plugins]({{site.baseurl}}/docs/codefresh-yaml/steps/#creating-a-typed-codefresh-plugin).|

| Variable that contains the ID of any other step| Runs the step within the same working directory that the specified was executed. This option is not available for for[**Git-Clone**]({{site.baseurl}}/docs/codefresh-yaml/steps/git-clone/) steps.|

| Absolute filesystem path| Treated as is within the container.|

| Relative filesystem path| Treated as relative path from the cloned directory of the service|

| 'IMAGE_WORK_DIR'|When using a freestyle step, by default the working directory will be the cloned directory of the service.Use this value in-order to use the image working directory for example:<br>`working_directory: IMAGE_WORK_DIR`|

| 'IMAGE_WORK_DIR'| Use this value inorder to use the image working directory for example:<br>`working_directory: IMAGE_WORK_DIR`|