Git: Where exactly is the “working directory”?

Question

I am going through some Git tutorials. The concept of a \"working directory\" keeps being mentioned, however, none of the tutorials or documents I read points out where

Answer 1

According to the documentation:

Finally, you have your working directory. The other two trees store their content in an efficient but inconvenient manner, inside the .git folder. The Working Directory unpacks them into actual files, which makes it much easier for you to edit them. Think of the Working Directory as a sandbox, where you can try changes out before committing them to your staging area (index) and then to history.