{"version":"2.1.285","anchor":"windows-directory-query-and-git-config-handling","canonical_anchor":"windows-directory-query-and-git-config-handling","heading":"Windows: Claude Code now looks at git's longpaths setting","tier":"internal","area":"Windows","url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.285\/e\/windows-directory-query-and-git-config-handling","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.285","markdown":"### Windows: Claude Code now looks at git's longpaths setting\n\nOn Windows, Claude Code adds a new way to list folders and now includes git's longpaths setting among the git settings it checks\n\n**Unclear.** It is not clear what Claude Code does with the longpaths setting or the new folder-listing function.\n\n**What**\n\nClaude Code's list of git settings it pays attention to now includes `longpaths`, alongside `hookspath` and `untrackedcache`. On Windows, Claude Code can also call a Windows system function, `NtQueryDirectoryFile`, which reads the contents of a folder.\n\n**Why**\n\nOn Windows, how Claude Code lists folders and handles very long file paths may change.\n\n- Area: Windows\n- Tier: Under the hood\n- Useful: 1\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5"}