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user3726393
user3726393

Reputation: 275

Visual Studio and Gulp

I am trying to run Gulp in Visual Studio for an angular app. Unfortunately I am getting this error:

Cannot evaluate the item metadata "%(FullPath)". The item metadata "%(FullPath)" cannot be applied to the path 
"node_modules\gulp\node_modules\gulp-util\node_modules\dateformat\node_modules\meow\node_modules\normalize-package-data\node_modules\
hosted-git-info\test\bitbucket-https-with-embedded-auth.js". C:\Users\AIUZS03\Documents\Visual Studio 2015\Projects\MacroGraph\MacroGraph\
node_modules\gulp\node_modules\gulp-util\node_modules\dateformat\node_modules\meow\node_modules\normalize-package-data\node_modules\
hosted-git-info\test\bitbucket-https-with-embedded-auth.js

I understand the error and that the folder structure of the Gulp library is too long, but has anyone had any luck with a workaround so I can use Gulp and other Gulp libraries? Thanks!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 317

Answers (1)

Ondrej Svejdar
Ondrej Svejdar

Reputation: 22054

Its a known problem; msbuild has problem with paths that are longer than 260 characters. Your particular issue can be avoided by flattening your npm dependencies using npm dedupe.

Reference: https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/dedupe

Upvotes: 2

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