Error when trying to checkout folders from github: Unable to create files

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I'm still very new github. When i'm trying to checkout some folders from my github repository to my working directory, I'm facing this issue:

run this command from command prompt
git checkout d88a4fce9 *

Error: unable to create file Projects/React/keeper-app-part-1-starting/node_modules/jest-environment-jsdom-fourteen/node_modules/jsdom/lib/jsdom/living/constraint-validation/DefaultConstraintValidation-impl.js: Filename too long
Updated 2 paths from 505996af2

Environment:

Operating System: Windows 10 Pro
node : v14.16.0
npm : 6.14.11

Please advise on what should I do next. Thanks in advance!! ^_^

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Could you share a link to your GitHub repository? At first glance, it seems like you haven't put node_modules into .gitignore. See Ignoring files – Janez Kuhar
Hello, thank you for your reply. Here's my github repository: github.com/AbrialWong/WebDevelopmentBootcamp – spongeabb
I see this is a pretty new/short project. Perhaps you could try creating a new project using create-react-app. That way you can focus on programming instead of dealing with issues like this one. – Janez Kuhar
Okay noted. Thank you for your help. Have a nice day! :D – spongeabb

1 Answers

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Please try creating .gitignore in the base directory of the project and adding node_modules to it.

node_modules