Changing .sencha location

I'm trying to move the .sencha directory to something non-hidden and then build with Touch 2.3.1.

The reason I want to move it is that our deployment scripts use tar and therefore don't pick up the hidden files. I do not want to change that behavior of those scripts.

After moving the .sencha directory and updating all the paths, running:

results in an error about the command needing to be run from an sdk directory.

Both the -s and --sdk-path flags seem to have no effect.

Is changing the location of the .sencha directory something that can/should be done? If so, some guidance on how would appreciated.