How can I clone the .NET Runtime repo without encountering maximum path length restrictions?

[Lamparter]

I'm encountering the following issue when trying to clone the .NET repo

and various other maximum path length restriction errors.

This file in particular is causing the issue: https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/blob/main/src/tools/illink/test/ILLink.RoslynAnalyzer.Tests/generated/ILLink.RoslynAnalyzer.Tests.Generator/ILLink.RoslynAnalyzer.Tests.TestCaseGenerator/Inheritance.Interfaces.OnReferenceType.BaseProvidesInterfaceMemberTests.g.cs

I've set Windows to allow larger paths in the Registry, but still encounter this issue.
Any help is appreciated, thanks!

[huoyaoyuan]

You need to ensure your git client supporting long path. Third party client may not support it correctly.

[Lamparter]

Thanks!

[Clockwork-Muse]

The other way around this is to install docker and clone into a volume via vscode to use the devcontainer, which would do everything in Linux and just sidestep the issue.

[Lamparter]

I think it's easier to just enable long paths in my git client.... 😄