Yann Büchau Apr 15

> git status
.................: File name too long

And now the pain begins. If you know, you know... 😑

#git

Show threadRobert Wolff
@nobodyinperson Seriously? Why is there such a restriction?
Apr 15 at 11:51amWeb
Show threadMatthias RißeApr 15

@mahlzahn @nobodyinperson filesystems already have some surprisingly restrictive limits (ext4 can only do 255 bytes long filenames), and apparently there is a sort-of hard limit on linux at 4096 bytes for paths. You can't `touch` an absolute path longer than 4096 bytes, but if you first cd into a part of that path and touch the same file with a relative path you can.

I guess git is applying those limits too?

Show threadYann Büchau Apr 15
@matrss @mahlzahn I am still running #ecryptfs on this system here (which #nixos has recently deprecated btw, damn!), and this even only supports 144 chars for filenames. Recently @forgejo's repo contains long test file names, making it a pain to work with on such filesystems.
Show threadDaniel, aka. CactiChameleon9Apr 15
@nobodyinperson @matrss @mahlzahn Quick tmpfs moment?