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DaveDev
DaveDev

Reputation: 42185

Git Extensions is crashing because filenames are too long. How can I resolve this?

I have the following warnings from git that are causing Git Extensions to crash when I go to view my current modified files:

warning: unable to access 'mysolution.mobile/node_modules/gulp/node_modules/gulp-util/node_modules/dateformat/node_modules/meow/node_modules/normalize-package-data/node_modules/validate-npm-package-license/node_modules/spdx-correct/node_modules/spdx-license-ids/.gitignore': Filename too long

I can see the warnings when I view git status in the command line

I thought about navigating Windows Explorer to the directory, but when i do there is no .gitignore file there.

The only files in the folder are

LICENSE
package.json
README.md
spdx-license-ids.json

What should I do about this?

I don't particularly care about committing the node stuff to my repository, so I could add this location to another .gitignore. However, I've read that it's preferable to commit the node stuff.

edit

Interestingly, when I try the following with the command line:

git add mysolution.mobile/node_modules/gulp/node_modules/gulp-util/node_modules/dateformat/node_modules/meow/node_modules/normalize-package-data/node_modules/validate-npm-package-license/node_modules/spdx-correct/node_modules/spdx-license-ids/.gitignore

It returns the following error:

fatal: pathspec 'mysolution.mobile/node_modules/gulp/node_modules/gulp-util/node_modules/dateformat/node_modules/meow/node_modules/normalize-package-data/node_modules/validate-npm-package-license/node_modules/spdx-correct/node_modules/spdx-license-ids/.gitignore' did not match any files

did not match any files

Why does it claim to be an unstaged file if it can't find it?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 2580

Answers (1)

RnDrx
RnDrx

Reputation: 250

This command should be run on your git directory.

git config --system core.longpaths true

Alternatively, you can change this option in your git config file.

Upvotes: 0

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