Re: GIt error

On Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:28:30 +0000
[off-list ref] 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?

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/