https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Sourcetree-questions/Sourcetree-cannot-handle-backslash-in-URL-of-git-repository-on-a/qaq-p/723215?utm_source=atlcomm&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=immediate_general_reply&utm_content=topic

When I specify for the repository location in Repository Settings at URL/Path:

"\\\\BC01245 \ \ myproject"

(which is a local shared folder on my computer hosting a bare git repository),

several actions make sourcetree change the config file of the cloned repository and sourcetree inserts extra backslashes:

url = \\\\\\\\BC01245\\\\myproject

fetch = +refs/heads/:refs/remotes/origin/

pushurl = \\\\\\\\BC01245\\\\myproject

which cause other applications that use this repository to complain about not finding the repository.

Is this a known problem or is there a way to work around this?