Hi,

This issue was addressed previously in
http://jira.xwiki.org/jira/browse/XWIKI-6591, but other long path files have
been committed since then. I feel the problem is going to continue to appear
without a convention for directory naming.

Paths are very redundant in some cases, leading to long strings which are
not compatible with windows systems.
Eg:
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xwiki-platform-core/xwiki-platform-extension/xwiki-platform-extension-repositories/xwiki-platform-extension-repository-xwiki/xwiki-platform-extension-repository-xwiki-client/src/main/java/org/xwiki/extension/repository/xwiki/internal/
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xwiki-platform-core/xwiki-platform-extension/xwiki-platform-extension-repositories/xwiki-platform-extension-repository-xwiki/xwiki-platform-extension-repository-xwiki-server-api/src/main/java/org/xwiki/extension/repository/xwiki/internal/
- 
xwiki-platform-core/xwiki-platform-classloader/xwiki-platform-classloader-protocols/xwiki-platform-classloader-protocol-attachmentjar/src/test/java/org/xwiki/classloader/internal/protocol/attachmentjar/

We should probably have a convention limiting the git path(relative
directory + filename) to a max of ~230 chars, leaving the developer with
about 20 chars for his local root folder(which is still pretty low).

Current list of files breaking "git clone":

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xwiki-platform-core/xwiki-platform-classloader/xwiki-platform-classloader-protocols/xwiki-platform-classloader-protocol-attachmentjar/src/test/java/org/xwiki/classloader/internal/protocol/attachmentjar/AttachmentURLStreamHandlerTest.java
-
xwiki-platform-core/xwiki-platform-extension/xwiki-platform-extension-repositories/xwiki-platform-extension-repository-xwiki/xwiki-platform-extension-repository-xwiki-client/src/main/java/org/xwiki/extension/repository/xwiki/internal/XWikiExtension.java
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xwiki-platform-core/xwiki-platform-extension/xwiki-platform-extension-repositories/xwiki-platform-extension-repository-xwiki/xwiki-platform-extension-repository-xwiki-client/src/main/java/org/xwiki/extension/repository/xwiki/internal/XWikiExtensionDependency.java
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xwiki-platform-core/xwiki-platform-extension/xwiki-platform-extension-repositories/xwiki-platform-extension-repository-xwiki/xwiki-platform-extension-repository-xwiki-client/src/main/java/org/xwiki/extension/repository/xwiki/internal/XWikiExtensionRepository.java
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xwiki-platform-core/xwiki-platform-extension/xwiki-platform-extension-repositories/xwiki-platform-extension-repository-xwiki/xwiki-platform-extension-repository-xwiki-client/src/main/java/org/xwiki/extension/repository/xwiki/internal/XWikiExtensionRepositoryFactory.java
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xwiki-platform-core/xwiki-platform-extension/xwiki-platform-extension-repositories/xwiki-platform-extension-repository-xwiki/xwiki-platform-extension-repository-xwiki-server-api/src/main/java/org/xwiki/extension/repository/xwiki/internal/AbstractExtensionRESTResource.java
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xwiki-platform-core/xwiki-platform-extension/xwiki-platform-extension-repositories/xwiki-platform-extension-repository-xwiki/xwiki-platform-extension-repository-xwiki-server-api/src/main/java/org/xwiki/extension/repository/xwiki/internal/ExtensionFileRESTResource.java
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xwiki-platform-core/xwiki-platform-extension/xwiki-platform-extension-repositories/xwiki-platform-extension-repository-xwiki/xwiki-platform-extension-repository-xwiki-server-api/src/main/java/org/xwiki/extension/repository/xwiki/internal/ExtensionRESTResource.java
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xwiki-platform-core/xwiki-platform-extension/xwiki-platform-extension-repositories/xwiki-platform-extension-repository-xwiki/xwiki-platform-extension-repository-xwiki-server-api/src/main/java/org/xwiki/extension/repository/xwiki/internal/ExtensionSimpleSearchRESTResource.java

Thanks,
Florin Ciubotaru
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