Long paths and Streamline cache

[ghost]

The current cache mechanism uses the path name for the directory for the cache files and therefore can create very long paths which may exceed the 260 character path limit on Windows. Maybe very long paths should be abbreviated using a hash (or something similar). Example:

C:\Acme\Azilaute\azilaute_NODE0QAGXV11\azilaute\cache\qualityadmin\v2.0.25-callbacks-218350100\D____Acme__Azilause__szilaute_NODE0QAGXV11__azilause__bin__shadow-modules__win32-x64-v8-4.5__node_modules\azilaute-code\node_modules\streamline-locale\lib\locale.map

Here this directory name itself has 104 characters.

[bjouhier]

Hi Eric,

What problem did you encounter? Normally, node itself should not be bothered by long paths (other tools like editors may but cached files are not really intended to be manipulated directly). A cheap workaround is to move your files (cache location and source) closer to the root. A more expensive one is to buy a mac 😄.

I did not use a hash because I did not want to lose the original path info (for easy debugging).