From f80aa58cc376f5520208780f84b7e599631bc99f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: imgx64 <imgx64@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2018 10:42:48 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Document git command to clone the repo on Windows

Closes gh-12070
---
 CONTRIBUTING.adoc | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.adoc b/CONTRIBUTING.adoc
index 7ed88aabc67..24f791ad2f6 100755
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.adoc
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.adoc
@@ -208,3 +208,10 @@ The sample applications are used as integration tests during the build (when you
 they cannot be called directly, and so instead are launched via the
 `maven-invoker-plugin`. If you encounter build failures running the integration tests,
 check the `build.log` file in the appropriate sample directory.
+
+
+== Cloning the git repository on Windows
+Some files in the git repository may exceed the Windows maximum file path (260 characters), depending on where you clone the repository. If you get `Filename too long` errors, set the `core.longPaths=true` git option:
+```
+git clone -c core.longPaths=true https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot.git
+```