GitKraken changes do not show -- disconnected from repo

Question

GitKraken changes are not visible to the rest of the applications accessing the same repository.

Example: when I double click on a remote branch, the checkout mark correctly appears on the UI next to the branch-name. However, when I run git branch on cmd I am still on the previously checked-out branch.

No changes performed on GitKraken appear on either

• windows command prompt (cmd)
• visual studio code terminal
• Cmder terminal

Re-installing the applications made no difference. Neither running them as administrator.

I am using GitKraken 4.2.1, vscode 1.30.2 and Cmder 1.3.11 on windows 10 Enterprise and my code is hosted on TFS.

Answer 1

So I managed to resolve the issue.

GitKraken was actually connected to the local repo but only partially. I was able to correctly fetch and pull from origin but any local changes did not reflect in GitKraken's UI.

My solution:

1. uninstall GitKraken
2. delete GitKraken folder from AppData/Local
3. delete GitKraken folder from AppData/Roaming
4. delete .gitkraken folder from AppData/Roaming
5. Re-install GitKraken version 4.1.1 (not latest)
6. Open local repository [At this point the issue was resolved.]
7. Upgrade to version 4.2.1 which now works as intended.

Subnote: I also deleted GitKraken from HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\GitKraken registry but I do not believe this was relevant at all.