diff --git a/GVFS/GVFS.Common/GVFSEnlistment.cs b/GVFS/GVFS.Common/GVFSEnlistment.cs
index 7cd441aad..bee8d0dc1 100644
--- a/GVFS/GVFS.Common/GVFSEnlistment.cs
+++ b/GVFS/GVFS.Common/GVFSEnlistment.cs
@@ -64,6 +64,13 @@ private GVFSEnlistment(string enlistmentRoot, string gitBinPath, GitAuthenticati
             // Override DotGitRoot to point to the shared .git directory.
             // The base constructor sets it to WorkingDirectoryBackingRoot/.git
             // which is a file (not directory) in worktrees.
+            //
+            // NOTE: DotGitRoot is the SHARED git directory, and is used for shared state that GVFS
+            // reads or writes directly on disk (objects, objects/info/alternates, hooks). It is
+            // deliberately NOT what GitProcess passes as --git-dir; GitProcess uses the worktree's own
+            // ".git" file so git resolves per-worktree HEAD/index/refs as well as the shared state.
+            // See GitProcess's constructor. Per-worktree paths that GVFS touches directly must come
+            // from Worktree.WorktreeGitDir (see GitIndexPath), never from DotGitRoot.
             this.DotGitRoot = worktreeInfo.SharedGitDir;
 
             this.DotGVFSRoot = Path.Combine(worktreeInfo.WorktreeGitDir, GVFSPlatform.Instance.Constants.DotGVFSRoot);
diff --git a/GVFS/GVFS.Common/Git/GitProcess.cs b/GVFS/GVFS.Common/Git/GitProcess.cs
index 03cc27b41..8e440843b 100644
--- a/GVFS/GVFS.Common/Git/GitProcess.cs
+++ b/GVFS/GVFS.Common/Git/GitProcess.cs
@@ -101,10 +101,36 @@ public GitProcess(string gitBinPath, string workingDirectoryRoot)
 
             if (this.workingDirectoryRoot != null)
             {
+                // This is deliberately NOT Enlistment.DotGitRoot. In a linked worktree those two
+                // values differ, and each is correct for its own purpose:
+                //
+                //   Enlistment.DotGitRoot -> the SHARED .git directory of the main repo. GVFS uses it
+                //                            for shared state it manages directly on disk (objects,
+                //                            objects/info/alternates, hooks).
+                //   this.dotGitRoot       -> "<workingDirectoryRoot>\.git", which in a linked worktree
+                //                            is a FILE containing "gitdir: <shared>/.git/worktrees/<name>".
+                //
+                // We pass this.dotGitRoot as --git-dir. Git follows the gitdir: pointer, so it resolves
+                // BOTH the per-worktree state (HEAD, index, per-worktree refs, reflog) and, via the
+                // commondir file, the shared state (config, objects, packed-refs). Passing
+                // Enlistment.DotGitRoot instead would silently bind every command to the MAIN worktree's
+                // HEAD and index -- e.g. "rev-parse HEAD" and "name-rev --name-only HEAD" would report the
+                // main worktree's branch and commit while running inside a linked worktree.
                 this.dotGitRoot = Path.Combine(this.workingDirectoryRoot, GVFSConstants.DotGit.Root);
             }
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// The path passed as --git-dir to every InvokeGitAgainstDotGitFolder call.
+        /// In a linked worktree this is the worktree's own .git file, NOT
+        /// <see cref="Enlistment.DotGitRoot"/> (the shared .git directory). See the constructor
+        /// for why the two intentionally differ.
+        /// </summary>
+        public string GitDirectoryPath
+        {
+            get { return this.dotGitRoot; }
+        }
+
         public static string ExpireTimeDateString
         {
             get
diff --git a/GVFS/GVFS.UnitTests/Common/WorktreeEnlistmentTests.cs b/GVFS/GVFS.UnitTests/Common/WorktreeEnlistmentTests.cs
index dd072b1e5..6504dee1c 100644
--- a/GVFS/GVFS.UnitTests/Common/WorktreeEnlistmentTests.cs
+++ b/GVFS/GVFS.UnitTests/Common/WorktreeEnlistmentTests.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using GVFS.Common;
+using GVFS.Common.Git;
 using GVFS.Tests.Should;
 using NUnit.Framework;
 using System.IO;
@@ -91,6 +92,31 @@ public void DotGitRootPointsToSharedGitDir()
             enlistment.DotGitRoot.ShouldEqual(this.sharedGitDir);
         }
 
+        [TestCase]
+        public void GitProcessUsesWorktreeGitFileNotSharedGitDir()
+        {
+            // GitProcess passes its own git dir as --git-dir. For a worktree that must be the
+            // worktree's ".git" file, which git resolves to both the per-worktree state
+            // (HEAD, index, refs) and, through commondir, the shared state (config, objects).
+            // Using DotGitRoot (the shared .git directory) would bind every command to the
+            // MAIN worktree's HEAD and index instead.
+            GVFSEnlistment enlistment = this.CreateWorktreeEnlistment();
+            GitProcess gitProcess = new GitProcess(enlistment);
+
+            gitProcess.GitDirectoryPath.ShouldEqual(Path.Combine(this.worktreePath, ".git"));
+            gitProcess.GitDirectoryPath.ShouldNotEqual(enlistment.DotGitRoot);
+        }
+
+        [TestCase]
+        public void WorkingDirectoryBackingRootIsWorktreePath()
+        {
+            // GitProcess derives its --git-dir from WorkingDirectoryBackingRoot. If the worktree
+            // constructor ever redirected this to the primary enlistment, GitProcess would silently
+            // start operating on the main worktree.
+            GVFSEnlistment enlistment = this.CreateWorktreeEnlistment();
+            enlistment.WorkingDirectoryBackingRoot.ShouldEqual(this.worktreePath);
+        }
+
         [TestCase]
         public void WorkingDirectoryRootIsWorktreePath()
         {