Git checkout issue on Windows due to long file paths #2
Description
Hi,
The GitHub Action CI of my Pseudosquares-Prime-Sieve project failed today on Windows (MinGw-64) due to too long file paths that exceed the Windows MAX_PATH limit of ~256 characters:
"C:\Program Files\Git\bin\git.exe" sparse-checkout disable
"C:\Program Files\Git\bin\git.exe" config --local --unset-all extensions.worktreeConfig
Checking out the ref
"C:\Program Files\Git\bin\git.exe" checkout --progress --force -B main refs/remotes/origin/main
Error: error: unable to create file lib/modular_arithmetic/montgomery_arithmetic/include/hurchalla/montgomery_arithmetic/detail/experimental/montgomery_pow_2kary/timings_x64_Zen4/old_partial_array/older/128_full_clang_asm_partial_array.txt: Filename too long
Error: error: unable to create file lib/modular_arithmetic/montgomery_arithmetic/include/hurchalla/montgomery_arithmetic/detail/experimental/montgomery_pow_2kary/timings_x64_Zen4/old_partial_array/older/128_full_clang_noasm_partial_array.txt: Filename too long
Error: error: unable to create file lib/modular_arithmetic/montgomery_arithmetic/include/hurchalla/montgomery_arithmetic/detail/experimental/montgomery_pow_2kary/timings_x64_Zen4/old_partial_array/older/128_full_gcc_noasm_partial_array.txt: Filename too long
...I was able to find a workaround to fix my CI issue (enable long paths in Git on Windows):
steps:
- name: Enable Git long paths on Windows
run: git config --system core.longpaths true
shell: cmd # Use the standard cmd shell for the Git configuration commandHowever, I think it would make sense to fix this issue in your repo and avoid long paths as otherwise Windows users might not be able to clone/checkout your repo (and my repo as well).