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Joey Hess 2014-02-20 14:25:24 -04:00
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### What version of git-annex are you using? On what operating system? ### What version of git-annex are you using? On what operating system?
I am running git 1.9.0 from git (5f95c9f850b19b368c43ae399cc831b17a26a5ac in the git git repo) on Ubuntu 13.04. I am running git 1.9.0 from git (5f95c9f850b19b368c43ae399cc831b17a26a5ac in the git git repo) on Ubuntu 13.04.
> More encfs brain-damange.
One such limitation is filename length. If your underlying
filesystem limits you to N characters in a filename, then
EncFS will limit you to approximately 3*(N-2)/4.
> It's really astounding that Ubuntu inflicts that POS on users.
> However, I can't see that as justification for limiting the
> git-annex repository to filenames shorter than `PATH_MAX` -- just
> as DOS's problems with both filename length and also `:` in filenames
> is not a good reason to mangle the repository.
>
> In either case, it's up to the user to find a way to make it work.
> In the DOS case, that involves using Cygwin's git. In the encfs case,
> it presumably means checking it out into a real filesystem.
> [[done]] --[[Joey]]