Re: `git add <<windows 8.3 path to file inside repo>>` results in "fatal: ... is outside repository"

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Subject: Re: `git add <<windows 8.3 path to file inside repo>>` results in "fatal: ... is outside repository"
From: Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@xxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 23:49:17 +0100 (STD)
Cc: Anthony Sottile <asottile@xxxxxxxxx>, Torsten Bögershausen <tboegi@xxxxxx>, Johannes Sixt <j6t@xxxxxxxx>, Git Mailing List <git@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Hi Jack,

On Mon, 11 Mar 2019, Jack Adrian Zappa wrote:

> Are you sure that you have 8.3 active on the partition you are using?
> IIRC, It is not on by default anymore.

It is still on by default on system drives (usually C:), but it is
switched off on other drives by default.

Yet another reason not to use 8.3 format (unless this is your file's
canonical name format to begin with).

Ciao,
Johannes

References:
- `git add <<windows 8.3 path to file inside repo>>` results in "fatal: ... is outside repository"
  - From: Anthony Sottile
- Re: `git add <<windows 8.3 path to file inside repo>>` results in "fatal: ... is outside repository"
  - From: Johannes Sixt
- Re: `git add <<windows 8.3 path to file inside repo>>` results in "fatal: ... is outside repository"
  - From: Torsten Bögershausen
- Re: `git add <<windows 8.3 path to file inside repo>>` results in "fatal: ... is outside repository"
  - From: Anthony Sottile
- Re: `git add <<windows 8.3 path to file inside repo>>` results in "fatal: ... is outside repository"
  - From: Jack Adrian Zappa

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