It looks like Cursor doesn’t look above the current workspace for a git repository (something that VS Code does for its other features), when it comes to the AI Review feature, as well as presumably the Git indexing feature. In a big monorepo, it’s common to open just a subfolder of the repo (e.g. frontend). So this would be a very useful addition - currently, it could even be considered a bug.
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same issue: [Review] can't recognize git repository when open in subDirectory · Issue #1864 · getcursor/cursor · GitHub
I had to open another window to use the the AI review feature, so bad
for me, at remote workspace, thie feature doesn’t work at all
I ran into this issue and found the solution. The error occurs when your workspace root directory in Cursor doesn’t match where your .git directory is located.
Problem:
workspace_root/
└── project_folder/ ← .git is here
└── .git/
Solution:
When opening your project in Cursor, make sure to open the directory that contains the .git folder as your workspace root. In other words:
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Close Cursor
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Reopen Cursor
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Select the directory that contains your .git folder as the workspace root
Please fix this, ai review is useless for monoropo project to open single sub repo now
@truell20 @shaoruu @ericzakariasson @danperks @ericzakariasson
I think this is really a bug, not a feature request. In “Bug Finder”, I get the following error:
No current branch found. Please ensure you are in a git repository and try again.
We use a monorepo so I work from a subfolder of the repo. I can get it to work if I open a separate instance of Cursor in the root of the monorepo but this is not a good solution.