using another git client instead of built Talend Studio built-in git functionality

[aaronrums]

Is it possible to use another git technology, like github desktop, in order to commit changes and perform other git actions within a talend git repository?

The reason I'm asking is that I need to make a squash commit, so squash a bunch of older commits that have hardcoded secrets into a single commit.

I hooked up github desktop to my talend git repo, which was located in C:\Users\my_username\workspace\.repositories. It generated a bunch of weird commits immediately, and then all the jobs disappeared from my studio. I had to remove all the local copies of my branches and re-take them from origin.

[Anonymous]

Hi

I have directed your question to our R&D team, I will update to you once I have any answers.

Regards

Shong

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Hi

There are two git local storage mode supported in studio(since R2022-12) so far, old storage mode is customized multiple work tree mode which is not compatible with git commandline or any third party git tools. If you installed R2022-12 or later, then you can switch to standard git storage mode, then you should be able to use any third party git tools on the new local git repos.

Regards

Shong

[aaronrums]

great, good to know. You mentioned that I "can switch to standard git storage mode...", can you provide the steps to be able to do this?

[Anonymous]

we provide a new Enable the standard Git storage mode option in Talend Studio Preferences dialog box and a new  -Dgit.mode.standard parameter to enable the standard Git storage mode. For more details, please refer to this documentation page.

Regards

Shong

[aaronrums]

got it, thank you for the help!