Summary
Windows does not allow having paths longer than 260 characters by default. There are paths of this length and longer in IHMC software, so this fix should be applied before Git cloning.
The solution below only works with Windows 10. Solutions for other versions of Windows are not yet known.
Solution (Windows 10)
Step 1: Run Registry Modifier
Download and run this script to apply the fix –> Remove 260 Character Path Limit.reg
Reverting
If you need to go back for some reason, run this file:
Restore 260 Character Path Limit (Default).reg
* Solution source: https://www.howtogeek.com/266621/how-to-make-windows-10-accept-file-paths-over-260-characters/
Step 2: Set "Enable Win32 longs paths" to Enabled
Hit Windows key. Type "Edit Group Policy", hit Enter.
Under Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > System > Filesystem
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 for help working with Git configuration.
More Info
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22575662/filename-too-long-in-git-for-windows
https://github.com/msysgit/msysgit/wiki/Git-cannot-create-a-file-or-directory-with-a-long-path
Example error
Error:The Git process exited with the code -1,073,741,819 during executing git "C:\Program Files\Git\bin\git.exe" -c core.quotepath=false -c log.showSignature=false checkout HEAD -- ihmc-common-walking-control-modules/src/main/java/us/ihmc/commonWalkingControlModules/instantaneousCapturePoint/icpOptimization/recursiveController/multipliers/stateMatrices/transfer/TransferInitialICPVelocityMatrix.java ihmc-common-walking-control-modules/src/test/java/us/ihmc/commonWalkingControlModules/instantaneousCapturePoint/icpOptimization/recursiveController/multipliers/stateMatrices/transfer/TransferInitialICPVelocityMatrixTest.java ihmc-common-walking-control-modules/src/main/java/us/ihmc/commonWalkingControlModules/instantaneousCapturePoint/icpOptimization/recursiveController/multipliers/stateMatrices/transfer/TransferInitialICPVelocityMatrix.java: Filename too long ihmc-common-walking-control-modules/src/test/java/us/ihmc/commonWalkingControlModules/instantaneousCapturePoint/icpOptimization/recursiveController/multipliers/stateMatrices/transfer/TransferInitialICPVelocityMatrixTest.java: Filename too long