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diff --git a/doc/bugs/git_repo_fails_to_checkout.mdwn b/doc/bugs/git_repo_fails_to_checkout.mdwn index 1981ad68f..0c3b66018 100644 --- a/doc/bugs/git_repo_fails_to_checkout.mdwn +++ b/doc/bugs/git_repo_fails_to_checkout.mdwn @@ -20,3 +20,20 @@ or (after this fails) retrying with ### 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. + +> More encfs brain-damange. + + One such limitation is filename length. If your underlying + filesystem limits you to N characters in a filename, then + EncFS will limit you to approximately 3*(N-2)/4. + +> It's really astounding that Ubuntu inflicts that POS on users. +> However, I can't see that as justification for limiting the +> git-annex repository to filenames shorter than `PATH_MAX` -- just +> as DOS's problems with both filename length and also `:` in filenames +> is not a good reason to mangle the repository. +> +> In either case, it's up to the user to find a way to make it work. +> In the DOS case, that involves using Cygwin's git. In the encfs case, +> it presumably means checking it out into a real filesystem. +> [[done]] --[[Joey]] |