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Warning for user when Windows default Path Limit is exceeded #10046

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Jun 11, 2021
1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions news/10045.feature.rst
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Added a warning message for errors caused due to Long Paths being disabled on Windows.
13 changes: 13 additions & 0 deletions src/pip/_internal/commands/install.py
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from pip._internal.req import install_given_reqs
from pip._internal.req.req_install import InstallRequirement
from pip._internal.req.req_tracker import get_requirement_tracker
from pip._internal.utils.compat import WINDOWS
from pip._internal.utils.distutils_args import parse_distutils_args
from pip._internal.utils.filesystem import test_writable_dir
from pip._internal.utils.misc import (
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parts.append(permissions_part)
parts.append(".\n")

# Suggest the user to enable Long Paths if path length is
# more than 260
if (WINDOWS and error.errno == errno.ENOENT and error.filename and
len(error.filename) > 260):
parts.append(
"HINT: This error might have occurred since "
"this system does not have Windows Long Path "
"support enabled. You can find information on "
"how to enable this at "
"https://pip.pypa.io/warnings/enable-long-paths\n"
)

return "".join(parts).strip() + "\n"