title: Does the .hg folder need to reside on the working directory?
body: <p>I am new to Mercurial. I was wondering if there is a way to move the .hg folder to another location than the working directory and still monitor changes?</p>
  
  <p>For example,</p>
  
  <pre><code>I have the .hg in /foo/.hg/*
  Can I move it to  /bar/.hg/* and still monitor the contents of foo?
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Edit:
  I am paranoid about working directory. I have the Dropbox backup my Mercurial repository. But the .hg folder is getting too big for my Dropbox</p>