I had the same issue - here is the stackoverflow thread I used to fix it: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21123415/git-pull-aborted-with-error-filename-too-long
I recloned from scratch, worked like a charm. Refetching or checking out another branch did not work. On Sun, Apr 5, 2015 at 9:02 AM, Michael Moser <[email protected]> wrote: > Toivo, > > I resolved this by configuring git to accept long filenames. You need to > make sure your version of mysysgit supports this config, because it's a > relatively new feature. 1.9.4.mysysgit.1 I believe. > > git config --global core.longpaths true > or > git config --system core.longpaths true > > If I remember correctly, I had to clone the repository again after this > config change. > > Regards, > -- Mike > > > On Sun, Apr 5, 2015 at 7:38 AM, Toivo Adams <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Is it possible to use shorter folder and file names? > > Linux/Unix like systems doesn't care but Windows is picky! > > For example Git complains: > > > > C:\Users\xxxxxxx\Local_Files\git>git clone > > http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-nifi.git > > Cloning into 'incubator-nifi'... > > remote: Counting objects: 26586, done. > > remote: Compressing objects: 100% (9207/9207), done. > > remote: Total 26586 (delta 13086), reused 23803 (delta 11568) > > Receiving objects: 100% (26586/26586), 17.86 MiB | 2.80 MiB/s, done. > > Resolving deltas: 100% (13086/13086), done. > > Checking connectivity... done. > > error: unable to create file > > > > > nifi/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-standard-services/nifi-distributed-cache-services-bundle/nifi-distributed-cache-client-service/src/main/ > > > > > java/org/apache/nifi/distributed/cache/client/DistributedMapCacheClientService.java > > (Filename too long) > > error: unable to create file > > > > > nifi/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-standard-services/nifi-distributed-cache-services-bundle/nifi-distributed-cache-client-service/src/main/ > > > > > java/org/apache/nifi/distributed/cache/client/DistributedSetCacheClientService.java > > (Filename too long) > > fatal: cannot create directory at > > > > > 'nifi/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-standard-services/nifi-distributed-cache-services-bundle/nifi-distributed-cache-client-service/src > > > > > /main/resources/docs/org.apache.nifi.distributed.cache.client.DistributedMapCacheClientService': > > Filename too long > > > > Yes I know, I can change git folder location and hopefully this helps, > but > > still names together are rather long. > > > > I am using Windows 7 > > > > Thanks > > Toivo > > > > > > > > > > -- > > View this message in context: > > > http://apache-nifi-incubating-developer-list.39713.n7.nabble.com/NiFi-Filenames-too-long-tp1096.html > > Sent from the Apache NiFi (incubating) Developer List mailing list > archive > > at Nabble.com. > > >
