Git - filename too long error

In this article, we would like to show how to let git working with long paths.

Quick solution (run it as administrator):

git config --system core.longpaths true

Below you can find the example, when the problem occurred and different ways to set up loner paths for git using different approaches.

1. Problem description

When I execute git pull command I get fllowing error:

$ git pull
error: cannot stat 'very/long/path/here.../filename.png': Filename too long
Aborting
Updating 42f6e00..66294e7

2. Problem solution

There are two ways how to fix configuration:

• with git command,
• with .gitignore file.

2.1. with git command example

When we want to set up paths we can execute in console following command:

•  for entire operating system:

git config --system core.longpaths true

• or only for the current repository:

git config core.longpaths true

2.2. with .gitconfig file example

The solution presented in this section works only with repositories that use the file.

Solution:

1. go to .gitconfig file (example path for a user in Linux ~/.gitconfig),
2. create [core] section if it does not exist,
3. add longpaths = true in the section.

.gitconfig file example:

[core]
longpaths = true

Note: .gitcofig file can be located inside project location or in the user home directory.