Add ability to configure core.longpaths

src/git-source-provider.ts

@@ -174,6 +174,18 @@ export async function getSource(settings: IGitSourceSettings): Promise<void> {
     }
     core.endGroup()
 
+    if (settings.longpaths) {
+      core.startGroup('Setting core.longpaths to true')
+      await git
+        .config('core.longpaths', 'true', false, false)
+        .catch(error => {
+          core.warning(
+            `Failed to set core.longpaths with error: ${error}`
+          )
+        })
+      core.endGroup()
+    }
+
     // Checkout info
     core.startGroup('Determining the checkout info')
     const checkoutInfo = await refHelper.getCheckoutInfo(

src/git-source-settings.ts

@@ -98,4 +98,9 @@ export interface IGitSourceSettings {
    * User override on the GitHub Server/Host URL that hosts the repository to be cloned
    */
   githubServerUrl: string | undefined
+
+  /**
+   * Indicates wheter to set core.longpaths in the git config
+   */
+  longpaths: boolean
 }

src/input-helper.ts

@@ -132,5 +132,8 @@ export async function getInputs(): Promise<IGitSourceSettings> {
   result.githubServerUrl = core.getInput('github-server-url')
   core.debug(`GitHub Host URL = ${result.githubServerUrl}`)
 
+  // config
+  result.longpaths = core.getInput('long-paths').toUpperCase() == 'TRUE'
+
   return result
 }