Specify git clone path

Description

Can we specify in the paket.dependencies file what path we want a git repo to be cloned into?

We're using some internal git repos. The URL of these are quite long. If repo A references repo B which references repo C, paket clones the repos in to a path which matches the URL. When its nested like A -> B -> C, we run into trouble because it exceeds the windows path size limit.

Repro steps

1. Have projects A B and C in repos with a long URL
2. Set up a git dependency from A -> B -> C, with a build script on each
3. Clone repo A and do a paket install

Expected behavior

Build scripts should execute, git repos should download

Actual behavior

Build scripts and other things fail due to the path exceeding the windows limit

Known workarounds

None. We can't change the URL of the git repos unfortunately.

Related information

• Operating system: Windows 10
• Branch: latest
• .NET Runtime: 4.5.2

Start with the paket install flow on Windows and reproduce the nested A -> B -> C git dependencies using long repository URLs. Trace how paket.dependencies entries become clone paths and verify that a user-specified path lets the repositories download and their build scripts execute without exceeding the Windows path limit.