Fail on adding more then 384 files in a single commit - ENAMETOOLONG error.

[GalHalupSeaLights]

I have tried to add a large number of files in a single commit and keep getting ENAMETOOLONG error.
I checked and validated that any number of files above 384 files in a single command (add, commit) keep failing with this error.

code:"ENAMETOOLONG"
errno:"ENAMETOOLONG"
message:"spawn ENAMETOOLONG"
stack:"Error: spawn ENAMETOOLONG
at _errnoException (util.js:992:11)
at ChildProcess.spawn (internal/child_process.js:323:11)
at Object.exports.spawn (child_process.js:502:9)
at gitResponse.Promise (C:\Users\Gal\tmp\create-git-files\node_modules\simple-git\src\lib\git-executor.js:82:49)
at new Promise ()
at GitExecutor. (C:\Users\Gal\tmp\create-git-files\node_modules\simple-git\src\lib\git-executor.js:62:20)
at Generator.next ()
at __awaiter (C:\Users\Gal\tmp\create-git-files\node_modules\simple-git\src\lib\git-executor.js:8:71)
at new Promise ()
at __awaiter (C:\Users\Gal\tmp\create-git-files\node_modules\simple-git\src\lib\git-executor.js:4:12)"
syscall:"spawn"

[Kikkomann]

Has this been looked into? I have the same issue.

[steveukx]

Hi, this error is system dependent and caused by referencing a file that has a file name that is too long, or where the overall character length of arguments sent to a spawned process exceed a maximum threshold.

See this stack overflow post for more details on what constitutes a name that is too long. Or this issue for details on argument length.

In either case, when you're attempting to add a large number of files at once, batching the files or adding them individually would improve the ability to decipher the problem from the error messages.

For example:

const fileList = readDir(somePath);
for (const path of fileList) {
  (await git.add(path)).catch(err => console.error(`Could not add "${path}"`, err);
}