title: GIT Extensions and a separate working directory
body: <p>I am fairly new with using GIT and specifically GIT extensions. I am trying to get the correct version control method for my software application config files.</p>
  <p>With GIT extensions, I create a remote repository (all good). I then clone this into my local repository (all good). Then then add gitignore etc (all good). When I finish making changes to my software application, it then compiles these changes into a compressed file and then removes (deletes) all the config files. And this unfortunately includes an local GIT repo.</p>
  <p>I think what I need is 3 different things:</p>
  <ol>
  <li>Remote repo</li>
  <li>Local repo</li>
  <li>Working directory</li>
  </ol>
  <p>At the moment I have 2 and 3 as the same thing. I need these to be separated out. I want to know if there is a way of achieving this with GIT extensions?</p>