diff --git a/pkg/gui/context/menu_context.go b/pkg/gui/context/menu_context.go
index 55a3e5bfa..aa678f263 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/context/menu_context.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/context/menu_context.go
@@ -89,6 +89,10 @@ func NewMenuViewModel(c *ContextCommon) *MenuViewModel {
 				})
 			}
 
+			if item.FilterColumns != nil {
+				return item.FilterColumns
+			}
+
 			return item.LabelColumns
 		},
 	)
diff --git a/pkg/gui/controllers/helpers/repos_helper.go b/pkg/gui/controllers/helpers/repos_helper.go
index c280d7153..b8e39af76 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/controllers/helpers/repos_helper.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/controllers/helpers/repos_helper.go
@@ -103,6 +103,35 @@ 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
+
+// Spells out the repo name and the branch name of a recent repos menu item,
+// but only the ones that the menu shows in truncated form.
+func (self *ReposHelper) recentRepoTooltip(repoName string, branchName string) string {
+	type field struct {
+		label string
+		value string
+	}
+
+	fields := []field{}
+	if utils.StringWidth(repoName) > recentReposColumnMaxWidth {
+		fields = append(fields, field{self.c.Tr.RecentReposRepoLabel, repoName})
+	}
+	if utils.StringWidth(branchName) > recentReposColumnMaxWidth {
+		fields = append(fields, field{self.c.Tr.RecentReposBranchLabel, branchName})
+	}
+
+	labelWidth := utils.MaxFn(fields, func(f field) int { return utils.StringWidth(f.label) })
+
+	return strings.Join(lo.Map(fields, func(f field, _ int) string {
+		return utils.WithPadding(f.label, labelWidth, utils.AlignLeft) + " " + f.value
+	}), "\n")
+}
+
 func (self *ReposHelper) CreateRecentReposMenu() error {
 	// we'll show an empty panel if there are no recent repos
 	recentRepoPaths := []string{}
@@ -126,20 +155,27 @@ func (self *ReposHelper) CreateRecentReposMenu() error {
 	wg.Wait()
 
 	menuItems := lo.Map(recentRepoPaths, func(path string, i int) *types.MenuItem {
+		repoName := filepath.Base(path)
 		branchName := currentBranches[i]
+
+		displayedBranchName := utils.TruncateWithEllipsis(branchName, recentReposColumnMaxWidth)
 		if icons.IsIconEnabled() {
-			branchName = icons.BRANCH_ICON + " " + branchName
+			displayedBranchName = icons.BRANCH_ICON + " " + displayedBranchName
 		}
 
 		return &types.MenuItem{
 			LabelColumns: []string{
-				filepath.Base(path),
-				style.FgCyan.Sprint(branchName),
+				utils.TruncateWithEllipsis(repoName, recentReposColumnMaxWidth),
+				style.FgCyan.Sprint(displayedBranchName),
 				// 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))),
 			},
+			// Filtering matches the full text, including the parts that the
+			// columns above truncate or leave out.
+			FilterColumns: []string{repoName, branchName, path},
+			Tooltip:       self.recentRepoTooltip(repoName, branchName),
 			OnPress: func() error {
 				// Check before clearing the stack, so a refused switch doesn't
 				// forget the submodule breadcrumb (which would leave escape
diff --git a/pkg/gui/types/common.go b/pkg/gui/types/common.go
index 58ccf6d60..1603df9bb 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/types/common.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/types/common.go
@@ -310,6 +310,12 @@ type MenuItem struct {
 	// alternative to Label. Allows specifying columns which will be auto-aligned
 	LabelColumns []string
 
+	// The strings that filtering the menu matches against, for menus that
+	// abbreviate their columns to keep them narrow. If nil, LabelColumns are
+	// matched, so that a menu only needs to set this if what it displays is not
+	// the full text.
+	FilterColumns []string
+
 	OnPress func() error
 
 	// Only applies when Label is used
diff --git a/pkg/i18n/english.go b/pkg/i18n/english.go
index 9c72b53df..918247902 100644
--- a/pkg/i18n/english.go
+++ b/pkg/i18n/english.go
@@ -332,6 +332,8 @@ type TranslationSet struct {
 	NotMidRebase                          string
 	MustSelectFixupCommit                 string
 	RecentRepos                           string
+	RecentReposRepoLabel                  string
+	RecentReposBranchLabel                string
 	MergeOptionsTitle                     string
 	RebaseOptionsTitle                    string
 	CherryPickOptionsTitle                string
@@ -1490,6 +1492,8 @@ func EnglishTranslationSet() *TranslationSet {
 		NotMidRebase:                         "This action only works during an interactive rebase",
 		MustSelectFixupCommit:                "This action only works on fixup commits",
 		RecentRepos:                          "Recent repositories",
+		RecentReposRepoLabel:                 "Repo:",
+		RecentReposBranchLabel:               "Branch:",
 		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
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7396faff3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/integration/tests/misc/recent_repos_with_long_names.go
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+package misc
+
+import (
+	"path/filepath"
+
+	"github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/config"
+	. "github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit/pkg/integration/components"
+)
+
+var RecentReposWithLongNames = NewIntegrationTest(NewIntegrationTestArgs{
+	Description:  "Long repo and branch names are truncated in the recent repositories menu, and shown in full in the tooltip",
+	ExtraCmdArgs: []string{},
+	ExtraEnvVars: map[string]string{
+		"SHOW_RECENT_REPOS": "true",
+	},
+	Skip: false,
+	SetupConfig: func(cfg *config.AppConfig) {
+		// the first entry is the repo we're in, so it isn't offered
+		current, _ := filepath.Abs(".")
+		target, _ := filepath.Abs("../repo-with-a-name-that-is-far-too-long")
+		cfg.GetAppState().RecentRepos = []string{current, target}
+	},
+	SetupRepo: func(shell *Shell) {
+		shell.EmptyCommit("one")
+		shell.NewBranch("branch-with-a-name-that-is-too-long")
+		shell.CloneNonBare("repo-with-a-name-that-is-far-too-long")
+	},
+	Run: func(t *TestDriver, keys config.KeybindingConfig) {
+		t.ExpectPopup().Menu().
+			Title(Equals("Recent repositories")).
+			Lines(
+				Contains("repo-with-a-name-that-is-far-… branch-with-a-name-that-is-to…").IsSelected(),
+				Contains("Cancel"),
+			).
+			Tooltip(Equals("Repo:   repo-with-a-name-that-is-far-too-long\nBranch: branch-with-a-name-that-is-too-long")).
+			// Filtering matches the full names, including the part that the
+			// menu truncates
+			Filter("too-long").
+			Lines(
+				Contains("repo-with-a-name-that-is-far-…").IsSelected(),
+			).
+			Confirm()
+
+		t.Views().Status().Content(Contains("repo-with-a-name"))
+	},
+})
diff --git a/pkg/integration/tests/test_list.go b/pkg/integration/tests/test_list.go
index a4e732cf0..6dcb226f1 100644
--- a/pkg/integration/tests/test_list.go
+++ b/pkg/integration/tests/test_list.go
@@ -366,6 +366,7 @@ var tests = []*components.IntegrationTest{
 	misc.FilterRecentRepos,
 	misc.InitialOpen,
 	misc.RecentReposOnLaunch,
+	misc.RecentReposWithLongNames,
 	misc.StartInGitDir,
 	patch_building.Apply,
 	patch_building.ApplyInReverse,