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I'm looking into making some small changes to the Kotlin compiler locally, but cloning fails due to paths being too long. What should I do?

Which os do you use?
Did you try to clone into some root dir (or close to root), like in `C:\\Kotlin` or `/home/user/Kotlin`?

If it is on Windows, you can also set the `core.longpaths` Git option to `true` to make it able to handle longer paths. But before using it, google for its drawbacks first and decide whether you want to use it.

assuming you're using Windows 10+, there's an option to remove the path size limit <https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/fileio/maximum-file-path-limitation?tabs=registry#enable-long-paths-in-windows-10-version-1607-and-later>

> The registry key `Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem\LongPathsEnabled` (Type: REG_DWORD) must exist and be set to 1