From 912f08231603e29617b11408fcca407b040cc670 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eirik Tsarpalis Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2019 12:48:22 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update windows-requirements.md (#90) --- docs/building/windows-requirements.md | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/building/windows-requirements.md b/docs/building/windows-requirements.md index 23cb283293e2e1..bb03a302b51adc 100644 --- a/docs/building/windows-requirements.md +++ b/docs/building/windows-requirements.md @@ -10,7 +10,12 @@ You must install several components to build the dotnet/runtime repository. Thes ## Enable Long Paths -The runtime repository requires long paths to be enabled. Follow the instructions provided here to modify the registry to opt into that feature: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/fileio/naming-a-file#enable-long-paths-in-windows-10-version-1607-and-later +The runtime repository requires long paths to be enabled. Follow the instructions provided here to modify the registry to opt into that feature: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/fileio/naming-a-file#enable-long-paths-in-windows-10-version-1607-and-later. + +If using msysgit (aka Git for Windows) you might need to also configure long paths there. Using an admin terminal simply type: +```powershell +PS> git config --system core.longpaths true +``` ## Visual Studio