Copy the full (absolute) path of a file or repo to the clipboard

[gitter-me]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
I switch between repositories in lazygit using the recent repos feature. However, I want to open the current repository folder (or a specific file) in a file manager or another console window. Unfortunately, the copy commands I’ve found only copy the relative path to the repository.

Describe the solution you'd like
It would be great if I could copy the full (absolute) path of the current repository. Additionally, if I select a file in the file list or within a commit, I also would like to copy the full (absolute) path of that selected file.

Describe alternatives you've considered
Maybe it is possible with a custom command, but perhaps this feature would be useful for others too?

[stefanhaller]

It would be great if I could copy the full (absolute) path of the current repository.

This is very easy to do with a custom command:

customCommands:
  - command: pwd | pbcopy
    description: "Copy repo path to clipboard"

(If you are on Mac, that is. Replace pbcopy with whatever works for your platform.)

I don't think we should add this as a builtin command (and waste a keybinding on it). Other users might have slightly different needs; for example, I have a custom command that opens the current repo in VS Code (using code .).

Additionally, if I select a file in the file list or within a commit, I also would like to copy the full (absolute) path of that selected file.

This sounds useful to me. Here's a PR: #4410.

[gitter-me]

@stefanhaller I'm with you the absolute path of the repo is quite specific and thanks to your help easy to implement on my own (on linux I use xclip)

And the extension of the copy context menu for selected files would be perfect and its awesome that you have already written the PR that extends it 👍️

[stefanhaller]

Fixed by #4410.