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| author |  http://geoffreyirving.myopenid.com/ <Geoffrey_Irving@web> | 2014-02-18 17:49:35 +0000 |
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| committer |  admin <admin@branchable.com> | 2014-02-18 17:49:35 +0000 |
| commit | 87bf55f5e9e0eaac85fdf7e5e21f3e2239596855 (patch) | |
| tree | 77c016acd7916ecc5951617cc51c2ba633ca08d7 | |
| parent | 2887b5b2e8aac40eaea82302adfc7de735909b4e (diff) | |
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/bugs/git_repo_fails_to_checkout.mdwn | 22 |
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diff --git a/doc/bugs/git_repo_fails_to_checkout.mdwn b/doc/bugs/git_repo_fails_to_checkout.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..1981ad68f --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/bugs/git_repo_fails_to_checkout.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +### Please describe the problem. + +Attempting to clone the git repository produces + + (master) cayley:git-annex% git checkout -f HEAD + 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) + 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 + +### What steps will reproduce the problem? + +I get the above with either + + git clone https://github.com/joeyh/git-annex + +or (after this fails) retrying with + + cd git-annex + git checkout -f HEAD + +### 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. |