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Summary

So far, we think the issue is a combination of Windows not Windows does not allow having paths longer than 260 characters enabled by default, but is possible to fix on Windows 10. On Windows 10 , after doing the registry fix (and now also the Group Policy Editor preference) (and rebooting?), you must enable core.longpaths in Git for Windows and possibly other Git clients you may be using.

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Solution


Step 1: Run Registry Modifier

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Right click Enable Win32 long paths, Edit, set to Enabled.

Step 3: Set Git configuration core.longpaths = true 

Set core.longpaths to true.

See Git#Configuration for help working with Git configuration.


In a terminal launched with Administrator mode.

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https://github.com/msysgit/msysgit/wiki/Git-cannot-create-a-file-or-directory-with-a-long-path

Example error