When checking out Spring Boot on a windows machine into a path that I don't think is too uncommonly deeply nested:
lukas@DESKTOP-M9T2LD4 MINGW64 ~/workspace/dummy
$ pwd
/c/Users/lukas/workspace/dummy
lukas@DESKTOP-M9T2LD4 MINGW64 ~/workspace/dummy
$ git clone https://github.com/lukaseder/spring-boot
Then, I get the following errors:
error: unable to create file spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/test/resources/org/springframework/boot/gradle/plugin/DependencyManagementPluginActionIntegrationTests-helpfulErrorWhenVersionlessDependencyFailsToResolve.gradle (Filename too long)
error: unable to create file spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/test/resources/org/springframework/boot/gradle/plugin/JavaPluginActionIntegrationTests-additionalMetadataLocationsConfiguredWhenProcessorIsPresent.gradle (Filename too long)
error: unable to create file spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/test/resources/org/springframework/boot/gradle/plugin/JavaPluginActionIntegrationTests-additionalMetadataLocationsNotConfiguredWhenProcessorIsAbsent.gradle (Filename too long)
error: unable to create file spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/test/resources/org/springframework/boot/gradle/plugin/JavaPluginActionIntegrationTests-javaCompileTasksCanOverrideDefaultParametersCompilerFlag.gradle (Filename too long)
error: unable to create file spring-boot-project/spring-boot-tools/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/src/test/resources/org/springframework/boot/gradle/plugin/JavaPluginActionIntegrationTests-javaCompileTasksUseParametersAndAdditionalCompilerFlags.gradle (Filename too long)
I know this is Spring ;-), but perhaps, you could avoid these super long file names?
Comment From: michael-simons
Duplicates #10953
Comment From: lukaseder
OK, thanks. Will comment there...
Comment From: michael-simons
Better see #10868. My bad.
Comment From: lukaseder
Yeah, good to see that I'm not the only one running into this :)
Comment From: matohl
This is still a problem, almost two years later. I am using latest Windows 10 and Git Bash.
Comment From: wilkinsona
@matohl It shouldn't be. Have you followed this recommendation?
Comment From: matohl
Thanks @wilkinsona, I did not see the recommendation before, it worked fine.
Comment From: kkolyan
@matohl It shouldn't be. Have you followed this recommendation?
link doesn't contain solution anymore. could be found in history: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot/commit/2c770217bbbd077b1caa3b6fea2d2c169e3a2e60
Comment From: wilkinsona
Thanks, @kkolyan. It's moved to the wiki: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot/wiki/Working-with-the-Code#cloning-the-git-repository-on-windows.