Sdk: Can't do git clean on windows, paths too long

[nguerrera]

Steps to reproduce

1. Do a fresh clone on a windows box
2. Build
3. git clean -fdx (careful, see step 1)
   

   Expected behavior

It works

Actual behavior

Warnings (1 of many shown below), not everything is cleaned

warning: Could not stat path 'test/dotnet-publish.Tests/bin/Debug/netcoreapp1.0/PortableAppWithIntentionalDowngradePublishesDowngradedManagedCode/
PortableTests/PortableAppWithIntentionalManagedDowngrade/bin/Debug/netcoreapp1.0/PortableAppWithIntentionalManagedDowngrade.deps.json': 
Filename too long

Guessing CLI team doesn't use Windows much :grin: @eerhardt have you seen this?

[nguerrera]

Workaround: move test/ folder out of repo, and git reset --hard to get just the source back

[TheRealPiotrP]

http://ourcodeworld.com/articles/read/109/how-to-solve-filename-too-long-error-in-git-powershell-and-github-application-for-windows

I haven't tried it, but I'm hopeful :) Can you let us know if this works, @nguerrera ?

[TheRealPiotrP]

did you get a chance to try that out?

[nguerrera]

Not yet. Gotta wonder why this isn't the default.

[TheRealPiotrP]

agreed. probably worried people have exception-driven logic :-/

[livarcocc]

I have used this for a while with success: git config --system core.longpaths true. @nguerrera if this does not solve it for you, please, re-activate.

[Mafii]

Using mingw/git bash on windows, I had to run git config --global core.longpaths true.