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Git repository folder does not appear in File Explorer

Using GitHub Dekstop, I cloned one of my own repositories to my computer, and I named the folder repo:

C:\Users\Lenovo\Desktop\DevFiles\repo

Now if I navigate to the parent folder DevFiles, the repository folder repo is not visible.

But if I just paste C:\Users\Lenovo\Desktop\DevFiles\repo into the URL bar, the folder opens like normal.

Why might this be?

Solution

  • This is a problem caused by OneDrive.

    On my Windows PC, OneDrive, which creates a backup of every file on the system, was active. I was trying to access the repo from

    C:\Users\Lenovo\OneDrive\Desktop\DevFiles\repo

    which is where File Explorer will go by default if I search for DevFiles.

    GitHub Desktop had stored the repo in

    C:\Users\Lenovo\Desktop\DevFiles\repo

    Not in the \OneDrive\ folder.