filename too long in git in windows

filename too long in git in windows

I was working in GIT under Windows 7. I cloned a remote repo to my local and while issuing git checkout, I came across this error

"Filename too long error"

I got the solution, as usual from stack overflow :)

Executed the following command.

git config --system core.longpaths true

Issue is not with the GIT, and seems like with the older version of Windows API

Reference:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22575662/filename-too-long-in-git-for-windows