I'm implementing CI/CD for my application through TFS 2015, Windows server 2012 R2. My CI pipeline is success and my Release failed with error
The specified path, file name, or both are too long. The fully qualified file name must be less than 260 characters, and the directory name must be less than 248 characters.
I tried with both VSBuild and MSBuild task in Release pipleine, still the same issue.Find the error log
2018-12-01T14:39:03.3631640Z Downloading artifact from file share: \\xxxxxxxx\xxxxxxxxxxxx\drop
2018-12-01T14:40:42.8336659Z ##[section]Error: System.IO.PathTooLongException: The specified path, file name, or both are too long. The fully qualified file name must be less than 260 characters, and the directory name must be less than 248 characters.
2018-12-01T14:40:42.8346665Z at System.IO.Path.LegacyNormalizePath(String path, Boolean fullCheck, Int32 maxPathLength, Boolean expandShortPaths)
2018-12-01T14:40:42.8346665Z at System.IO.Path.InternalGetDirectoryName(String path)
2018-12-01T14:40:42.8356644Z at Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Release.Windows.Implementation.FileSystem.WriteStreamToFile(Stream stream, String filePath)
2018-12-01T14:40:42.8356644Z at Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Release.ArtifactRepository.FileShare.FileShareArtifact.DownloadArtifact(ArtifactDefinition artifactDefinition, String dropLocation, String localFolderPath)
2018-12-01T14:40:42.8356644Z at Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Release.ArtifactRepository.Build.BuildArtifact.DownloadArtifact(BuildArtifact buildArtifact, ArtifactDefinition artifactDefinition, String localFolderPath, BuildHttpClient buildClient, Int32 buildId)
2018-12-01T14:40:42.8366844Z at Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Release.ArtifactRepository.Build.BuildArtifact.Download(ArtifactDefinition artifactDefinition, String localFolderPath)
2018-12-01T14:40:42.8366844Z at Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Release.ArtifactRepository.Common.AgentArtifactDownloader.Download(ArtifactDefinition artifactDefinition, Uri workingFolder)
2018-12-01T14:40:42.8366844Z at Microsoft.TeamFoundation.DistributedTask.Plugin.Release.ReleaseJobExtension.<>c__DisplayClass19_1.<DownloadArtifacts>b__1()
2018-12-01T14:40:42.8376646Z at Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Release.Windows.Implementation.RetryExecutor.Execute(Action action)
2018-12-01T14:40:42.8376646Z at Microsoft.TeamFoundation.DistributedTask.Plugin.Release.ReleaseJobExtension.DownloadArtifacts(ITaskContext downloadArtifactTaskContext, IJobContext context, IList`1 agentArtifactDefinitions, Uri artifactsWorkingFolder, String teamProjectId, IDictionary`2 savedSettings)
2018-12-01T14:40:42.8376646Z at Microsoft.TeamFoundation.DistributedTask.Plugin.Release.ReleaseJobExtension.DownloadArtifactsWrapper(IJobContext context, IJobRequest job, CancellationToken cancellationToken, ITaskContext downloadArtifactTaskContext, String teamProjectId, Uri artifactsWorkingFolder, Int32 releaseId, IDictionary`2 savedSettings)
2018-12-01T14:40:42.8456644Z ##[error]The specified path, file name, or both are too long. The fully qualified file name must be less than 260 characters, and the directory name must be less than 248 characters.
Any help would be appreciated.
