tortoisegit clone option is unavailable in right-c

问题:

I have installed git 2.5.2 64-bit and TortoiseGit 1.8.16.0 64-bit onto my Windows 7 64 bit computer. I would like to clone a repository but when I right click in windows explorer, I am not seeing an option to clone a repo:

I have gone to TortoiseGit -> Settings -> General -> Context Menu and made sure that the Clone option is checked:

I am able to clone a repo using git:

git clone [e-mail]:Group/repo.git myrepo

I can also get TortoiseGit's clone dialog to open via command line:

TortoiseGitProc.exe /command:clone

but I can't seem to get it to work with TortoiseGit's shell integration.

Does anyone know why the clone option is not showing up?

回答1:

1. "Hide Menus for unversioned paths" is selected, so no TortoiseGit menu is shown for paths where no git working tree could be found (you need to press shift there)

2. Within a working tree (in a non-ignored folder) no clone is available in the context menu. However, with newer versions (IIRC >= 2.2) also for versioned folders the Git clone entry can be shown by pressing Shift while opening the context menu.

回答2:

I found a solution. When I uncheck the Clone... option from the context menu setting dialog, it appears in the shift+right click context menu in the TortoiseGit folder of the context menu will show the Clone... option. (this is also true for the Create repository here... option). This was a bit confusing since the context menu setting dialog's hover tip is "Check those menu entries you want to appear in the top context menu instead of the TortoiseGit submenu". I was expecting them to show up in the top right-click context menu (above the TortoiseGit submenu) but they didn't. By checking those options they were omitted from the TortoiseGit submenu so they seemed to disappear. I can rest easy now that I can find the Clone... and Create repository here... options, but I would still be curious to know why they aren't showing up in the top context menu.