Re: GIt error

From: Konstantin Khomoutov <kostix+git@007spb.ru>
Date: Jun 17, 2013, 13:47 UTC
Message-ID: <20130617174707.0c44a25130ec28baca9f3e61@domain007.com>
In-Reply-To: <E7FBE41B36DC254CB796CE1D6D45B14A0FAE034D@048-CH1MPN1-032.048d.mgd.msft.net>

On Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:28:30 +0000 <justin.sathyanathan@accenture.com> wrote:

> For Below issue , O/S is Windows7.

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> 1.Iam getting error attached when cloning of repository is done:

What error?

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> 2.Also, when file is tried to be added,it gives error below:
> 
> $ git add *
> fatal: unable to stat
> 'src/development_architecture/integration_application_proj
> ect_template/provider_archetype/provider_archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-
> resources/__rootArtifactId__-data/src/main/java/com/accenture/afpj/sample/skelet
> on/visitor/data/VisitorRepositoryJpaImpl.java': Filename too long

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This is a limitation of Git for Windows: the standard Windows API which works with unmangled filenames limits their length to 260 characters while your particular entry is 262 characters long.

AFAIK, there's no clean/easy way to make use of "extended" Windows API which requires mangling filenames by adding the "\\?\" to them.

You could read [1] for more details.

So it seems you have two options for now:

* Restructure the project.
* Use Git under Cygwin [2] which might not have this limitation
  (personally, I do not know whether it does).

P.S.

Please next time you ask consider doing two things:
* If you post your message to several groups, take care to mention this
  fact in each of them.
* Do not require anyone to do anything "ASAP" unless this claim is
  backed by your or your employer's wallet.

1. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365247#maxpath
2. http://cygwin.com/packages/git/