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+### Please describe the problem.
+
+When I clone git-annex with:
+
+```
+git clone git://git-annex.branchable.com/  git-annex
+```
+
+I get errors about filenames being too long and the checkout fails after the clone:
+
+```
+$ git clone git://git-annex.branchable.com/  git-annex 
+Cloning into 'git-annex'...
+remote: Counting objects: 183837, done.
+remote: Compressing objects: 100% (51419/51419), done.
+remote: Total 183837 (delta 131729), reused 183837 (delta 131729)
+Receiving objects: 100% (183837/183837), 46.20 MiB | 4.90 MiB/s, done.
+Resolving deltas: 100% (131729/131729), done.
+error: unable to create file doc/bugs/Errors_on_Android__58___referenceTable_GDEF_length__61__778__44___referenceTable_GSUB_length__61__6388__44___referenceTable_GPOS_length__61__76868.mdwn: File name too long
+error: unable to create file doc/bugs/On_Lubuntu_14.04_assistant_fails_to_create_new_setup_or_actually_work___40__fixed_by_regular_lxsession_package_update_from_2014-06-30__41__.mdwn: File name too long
+error: unable to create file doc/bugs/__39__git_annex_get__39___fails_for_unlocked_files_with_special_characters___40__e.g._umlauts__41___when_using_precompiled_version_6.20160126-g2336107_.mdwn: File name too long
+fatal: cannot create directory at 'doc/bugs/__39__git_annex_get__39___fails_for_unlocked_files_with_special_characters___40__e.g._umlauts__41___when_using_precompiled_version_6.20160126-g2336107_': File name too long
+warning: Clone succeeded, but checkout failed.
+You can inspect what was checked out with 'git status'
+and retry the checkout with 'git checkout -f HEAD'
+```
+
+I would like to contribute, but I was a bit surprised by this problem right when I wanted to poke around in the code.
+
+After the clone attempt running `git status` in the checkout directory produces a **huge** amount of output about deleted files and changes to the repo:
+
+```
+On branch master
+Your branch is up-to-date with 'origin/master'.
+Changes to be committed:
+  (use "git reset HEAD <file>..." to unstage)
+
+        deleted:    .ghci
+        deleted:    .gitattributes
+        deleted:    .gitignore
+        deleted:    .mailmap
+        deleted:    Annex.hs
+        deleted:    Annex/Action.hs
+        deleted:    Annex/AdjustedBranch.hs
+...
+
+```
+
+Note that I have snipped off over 10K lines of output from above!
+
+
+### What steps will reproduce the problem?
+
+Just try to clone it.
+
+
+### Have you had any luck using git-annex before? (Sometimes we get tired of reading bug reports all day and a lil' positive end note does wonders)
+
+git-annex looks like a really promising project for my personal backups solution involving usb disks, and some external services such as Backblaze B2. I wanted to look into improving Backblaze B2 support (large file support, etc).