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39 lines
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### Please describe the problem.
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Attempting to clone the git repository produces
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(master) cayley:git-annex% git checkout -f HEAD
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error: unable to create file doc/bugs/fatal:_unable_to_access___39__..__47__..__47__..__47__..__47__C:__92__Users__92____91__...__93____92__annex__92__.git__47__config__39__:_Invalid_argument___40__Windows__41__.mdwn (File name too long)
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fatal: cannot create directory at 'doc/bugs/fatal:_unable_to_access___39__..__47__..__47__..__47__..__47__C:__92__Users__92____91__...__93____92__annex__92__.git__47__config__39__:_Invalid_argument___40__Windows__41__': File name too long
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### What steps will reproduce the problem?
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I get the above with either
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git clone https://github.com/joeyh/git-annex
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or (after this fails) retrying with
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cd git-annex
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git checkout -f HEAD
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### What version of git-annex are you using? On what operating system?
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I am running git 1.9.0 from git (5f95c9f850b19b368c43ae399cc831b17a26a5ac in the git git repo) on Ubuntu 13.04.
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> More encfs brain-damange.
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One such limitation is filename length. If your underlying
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filesystem limits you to N characters in a filename, then
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EncFS will limit you to approximately 3*(N-2)/4.
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> It's really astounding that Ubuntu inflicts that POS on users.
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> However, I can't see that as justification for limiting the
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> git-annex repository to filenames shorter than `PATH_MAX` -- just
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> as DOS's problems with both filename length and also `:` in filenames
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> is not a good reason to mangle the repository.
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> In either case, it's up to the user to find a way to make it work.
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> In the DOS case, that involves using Cygwin's git. In the encfs case,
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> it presumably means checking it out into a real filesystem.
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> [[done]] --[[Joey]]
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