GitKraken where is the .gitconfiguration file to enable Long Paths

Question

To now I have used Git from the Command Line Runner and from GitHub Desktop.

I tried to use GitKraken ,but there is one really big issue with it. I have repository, which has really nested folders, which exceed the 256 length.This problem is easy resolvable with Git and GitHub Desktop, because you go to .gitconfig and add under the core section - longpaths = true.

The problem is I cant find the .gitconfig file that GitKraken is using and so I cant disable the longpaths and clone my repository via GitKraken.

I have two questions:

1. How to enable long paths for GitKraken so I can clone my repository?
2. Where is the .gitconfig file that GitKraken is using?

Sheply

I have run into the same issues using GitKraken. I found a config file in the repository in the hidden folder .git/ and added longpaths = true in the [core] section, but this did not fix the problem. In the end I switched to a different application. – Sturgeon

I switched the same day to Sourcetree and I have no intensions to back to GitKraken – Sheply

Answer 1

Check the January 2020 GitKraken 6.5. It includes:

GitKraken Supports Longpaths for Windows

GitKraken now supports longpaths for Windows users.

You must set up this feature through the Preferences window.
Simply click the checkbox next to Longpaths and you will be ready to go.

That means:

GitKraken now supports core.longpaths, making it possible for Windows users to work with long paths exceeding 259 characters in length.

Dividers

Added the same, also updated the Registry Editor still getting the same error. Any idea? However, I am not facing any errors from Git Bash. – Marinmarina

@Mr.Hobo It would be preferable to check your particular use case in a separate question, specifying your exact version of your OS, Git and GitKraken. – Dividers

Please check the details in question @Dividers – Marinmarina