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authorGravatar Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>2014-02-18 21:36:08 -0400
committerGravatar Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>2014-02-18 21:36:08 -0400
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Merge branch 'master' of ssh://git-annex.branchable.com
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+### 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.