diff --git a/pkg/gui/controllers/helpers/repos_helper.go b/pkg/gui/controllers/helpers/repos_helper.go
index 19bdec135..463443137 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/controllers/helpers/repos_helper.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/controllers/helpers/repos_helper.go
@@ -103,29 +103,48 @@ func (self *ReposHelper) getCurrentBranch(path string) string {
 	return self.c.Tr.BranchUnknown
 }
 
-// The maximum width of the repo name and branch name columns of the recent
-// repos menu. Without a limit, one long name pushes the path column off the
-// right edge of the menu for every entry, because each column is padded to the
-// width of its widest entry.
-const recentReposColumnMaxWidth = 30
+// The maximum widths of the three columns of the recent repos menu. Each
+// column is padded to the width of its widest entry, so without a limit one
+// long entry pushes the columns after it off the right edge of the menu for
+// every entry. The three widths plus the two spaces between the columns add up
+// to the content width of a menu that is as wide as it gets, so that a whole
+// row fits into it.
+const (
+	recentReposNameMaxWidth   = 30
+	recentReposBranchMaxWidth = 30
+	// The menu's frame takes up two columns, and two more separate the three
+	// columns from each other.
+	recentReposPathMaxWidth = menuMaxWidth - 2 - 2 - recentReposNameMaxWidth - recentReposBranchMaxWidth
+)
 
 func (self *ReposHelper) recentRepoMenuItem(path string, branchName string) *types.MenuItem {
 	repoName := filepath.Base(path)
-	displayedRepoName := utils.TruncateWithEllipsis(repoName, recentReposColumnMaxWidth)
+	displayedRepoName := utils.TruncateWithEllipsis(repoName, recentReposNameMaxWidth)
 
 	// The icon is part of the column, so it counts towards the maximum width.
 	branchColumn := branchName
 	if icons.IsIconEnabled() {
 		branchColumn = icons.BRANCH_ICON + " " + branchName
 	}
-	displayedBranchColumn := utils.TruncateWithEllipsis(branchColumn, recentReposColumnMaxWidth)
+	displayedBranchColumn := utils.TruncateWithEllipsis(branchColumn, recentReposBranchMaxWidth)
+
+	// The last segment of the path is already in the first column, so showing
+	// the directory that contains the repo is enough to tell repos with the
+	// same name apart. Its beginning and its end are both worth seeing, so it
+	// loses its middle rather than its end when it doesn't fit.
+	dir := utils.ContractTilde(filepath.Dir(path))
+	displayedDir := utils.TruncateWithEllipsisInMiddle(dir, recentReposPathMaxWidth)
 
 	// Spell out whatever the columns show in truncated form. The labels are
 	// padded to the same width no matter which of them appear, so that the
 	// tooltip doesn't shift around as the selection moves.
 	tooltipLines := []string{}
 	labelWidth := utils.MaxFn(
-		[]string{self.c.Tr.RecentReposRepoLabel, self.c.Tr.RecentReposBranchLabel},
+		[]string{
+			self.c.Tr.RecentReposRepoLabel,
+			self.c.Tr.RecentReposBranchLabel,
+			self.c.Tr.RecentReposPathLabel,
+		},
 		utils.StringWidth)
 	addTooltipLine := func(label string, value string) {
 		tooltipLines = append(tooltipLines,
@@ -138,15 +157,15 @@ func (self *ReposHelper) recentRepoMenuItem(path string, branchName string) *typ
 	if displayedBranchColumn != branchColumn {
 		addTooltipLine(self.c.Tr.RecentReposBranchLabel, branchName)
 	}
+	if displayedDir != dir {
+		addTooltipLine(self.c.Tr.RecentReposPathLabel, utils.ContractTilde(path))
+	}
 
 	return &types.MenuItem{
 		LabelColumns: []string{
 			displayedRepoName,
 			style.FgCyan.Sprint(displayedBranchColumn),
-			// The last segment of the path is already in the first column, so
-			// showing the directory that contains the repo is enough to tell
-			// repos with the same name apart.
-			style.FgMagenta.Sprint(utils.ContractTilde(filepath.Dir(path))),
+			style.FgMagenta.Sprint(displayedDir),
 		},
 		// Filtering matches the full text, including the parts that the columns
 		// above truncate or leave out.
diff --git a/pkg/i18n/english.go b/pkg/i18n/english.go
index 918247902..0f33d9bc0 100644
--- a/pkg/i18n/english.go
+++ b/pkg/i18n/english.go
@@ -334,6 +334,7 @@ type TranslationSet struct {
 	RecentRepos                           string
 	RecentReposRepoLabel                  string
 	RecentReposBranchLabel                string
+	RecentReposPathLabel                  string
 	MergeOptionsTitle                     string
 	RebaseOptionsTitle                    string
 	CherryPickOptionsTitle                string
@@ -1494,6 +1495,7 @@ func EnglishTranslationSet() *TranslationSet {
 		RecentRepos:                          "Recent repositories",
 		RecentReposRepoLabel:                 "Repo:",
 		RecentReposBranchLabel:               "Branch:",
+		RecentReposPathLabel:                 "Path:",
 		MergeOptionsTitle:                    "Merge options",
 		RebaseOptionsTitle:                   "Rebase options",
 		CherryPickOptionsTitle:               "Cherry-pick options",
diff --git a/pkg/integration/tests/misc/recent_repos_with_long_names.go b/pkg/integration/tests/misc/recent_repos_with_long_names.go
index 7396faff3..7369dd367 100644
--- a/pkg/integration/tests/misc/recent_repos_with_long_names.go
+++ b/pkg/integration/tests/misc/recent_repos_with_long_names.go
@@ -29,10 +29,14 @@ var RecentReposWithLongNames = NewIntegrationTest(NewIntegrationTestArgs{
 		t.ExpectPopup().Menu().
 			Title(Equals("Recent repositories")).
 			Lines(
-				Contains("repo-with-a-name-that-is-far-… branch-with-a-name-that-is-to…").IsSelected(),
+				// The repo lives in the test's own directory, so its path is
+				// long enough to lose its middle
+				Contains("repo-with-a-name-that-is-far-… branch-with-a-name-that-is-to… ~/_results/mi…names/actual").IsSelected(),
 				Contains("Cancel"),
 			).
-			Tooltip(Equals("Repo:   repo-with-a-name-that-is-far-too-long\nBranch: branch-with-a-name-that-is-too-long")).
+			Tooltip(Contains("Repo:   repo-with-a-name-that-is-far-too-long\n" +
+				"Branch: branch-with-a-name-that-is-too-long\n" +
+				"Path:   ~/")).
 			// Filtering matches the full names, including the part that the
 			// menu truncates
 			Filter("too-long").