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diff --git a/doc/bugs/git_repo_fails_to_checkout.mdwn b/doc/bugs/git_repo_fails_to_checkout.mdwn deleted file mode 100644 index 0c3b66018..000000000 --- a/doc/bugs/git_repo_fails_to_checkout.mdwn +++ /dev/null @@ -1,39 +0,0 @@ -### 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. - -> 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]] |