Can config.rb be anywhere but the root directory?

I am using Codekit to process my scss but it sees the config.rb file as instructions to Compass which then errors out. If I can hide the config.rb file in a directory within root, I could use them both together.

Is it possible to point Middleman to a config file anywhere but the root directory?

Thank you!

Not directly, but you might have luck with changing the root directory itself and then setting source back.