[FEATURE] Allow configuring the `.claude` project directory location (store it outside the project root)

Preflight Checklist

• [x] I have searched existing requests and this feature hasn't been requested yet
• [x] This is a single feature request (not multiple features)

Problem Statement

Currently, Claude Code creates a .claude/ directory inside the project root. This behavior seems not to be configurable.

The project directories are not clean and self contained, there could be accidental sharing of Claude metadata (ex. my project is not to be shared with anyone and I do not use git/.gitignore).

Proposed Solution

I would like to request a feature that allows storing project specific Claude metadata outside the project directory, for example:

~/.claude/projects/[project-name]/
(a folder that already exists)

while still treating it as the active project context.

Alternative Solutions

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Priority

Low - Nice to have

Feature Category

Configuration and settings

Use Case Example

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Additional Context

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