File name is too long: how to remove?

Question

git status

shows following message:

lit/1252-a-comparison-between-neural-networks-and-other-statistical-techniques-for-modeling-the-relationship-between-tobacco-and-alcohol-and-cancer.pdf: File name too long
On branch master
Your branch is up-to-date with 'origin/master'.
nothing to commit, working tree clean.

This file was deleted, which I can confirm with a following command:

git ls-files --deleted

Output:

lit/1252-a-comparison-between-neural-networks-and-other-statistical-techniques-for-modeling-the-relationship-between-tobacco-and-alcohol-and-cancer.pdf

When I try to remove it with git ls-files --deleted | xargs git rm there is no effect, but I cannot commit changes to my repository until I remove this file.

I have also tried to use: git config --system core.longpaths true but without success.

I wonder how to resolve this issue?

Have you tried [git rm --cached](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/37279654/when-should-i-use-rm-git-rm-git-rm-cached-git-add) on this file? — Matt Slonetsky, Aug 15 '17 at 13:54

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 15 '17 at 15:52

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git rm --cached is the command you're looking for.

This answer gives more details on git's add/remove commands

answered Aug 15 '17 at 15:52

Matt Slonetsky

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File name is too long: how to remove?

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