faq.md

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

General questions

Do you plan to support Linux

No, we don’t plan to support Linux until a decent UI library (comparable to WPF or Cocoa) appears on this platform.

Where does Fork save user settings?

Fork's settings are kept in three files: settings.json, accounts.json, and custom-commands.json. Under Windows, those are kept in %localappdata%\Fork.

Troubleshooting

Files

Git doesn’t recognize my file as a text and Fork doesn’t show the diff

This may happen when a file is relatively small or in UTF-16 LE encoding. You can fix this by creating a rule (e.g. *.sql text) in .gitattributes file. (https://www.git-scm.com/docs/gitattributes)

Commits and branches

How to compare two branches (or commits)?

Just select them (hold Ctrl/Cmd for multiselection)

How can I commit and push?

Hold Ctrl/Alt when commit

How can I push multiple branches at once

Select them on the sidebar and call 'Push' from the context menu

I have a large repo and Fork shows only 50000 commits

You can configure the limit. On Mac run $ defaults write com.danpristupov.fork maxCommitCount 150000 in Terminal. On Windows edit the MaxCommitCount field in the %localappdata%\Fork\settings.json file.

I accidentally lost some commits

Use reflog to see lost commits

Git-Flow

I can't initialize Git-Flow (Mac)

Probably you removed SourceTree recently and it broke your environment. fork-dev/Tracker#418 (comment)

GitHub & GitLab

Permission denied when accessing repos in my organization on GitHub

Ensure that Fork has access to your organization: https://github.com/settings/connections/applications/166b00df5e7ea4f78d4b

Receiving a "request requires higher privileges" error when trying to connect to GitLab with personal access token

Ensure the token provides access to the following scopes: read_api, and user_api

Other

The main window is blank (Windows)

Most likely you are using VMWare which has a problem with hardware acceleration. You can disable it in Fork config: fork-dev/TrackerWin#491 (comment)