diff --git a/lib/hg-utils.coffee b/lib/hg-utils.coffee
index 1484e86..48b8d8a 100644
--- a/lib/hg-utils.coffee
+++ b/lib/hg-utils.coffee
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ suppressHgWarnings = [
 ]
 
 class Repository
-
+  isWindows = process.platform == 'win32'
+  windowsMaxPathLength = 260
   username: null
   password: null
 
@@ -291,7 +292,10 @@ class Repository
         if err
           reject err
         if stderr?.length > 0
-          reject stderr
+          if isWindows and stderr.length > windowsMaxPathLength
+            resolve(stdout)
+          else
+            reject new Error(stderr)
         resolve stdout
 
   handleHgError: (error) ->
diff --git a/test/long_windows_paths.coffee b/test/long_windows_paths.coffee
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d5d5bd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/long_windows_paths.coffee
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+require 'coffee-script/register'
+require './fakeWindow'
+HgRepository = require '../lib/hg-repository'
+TestRepository = require './testRepository'
+assert = require('chai').assert
+path = require 'path'
+exec = require('child_process').execSync
+
+isWindows = process.platform == 'win32'
+unless isWindows
+  return
+
+describe 'In a repository with a really long path', ->
+  testRepo = new TestRepository path.parse(__filename).name
+  repo = null
+  before ->
+    testRepo.init()
+
+  beforeEach ->
+    repo = new HgRepository (testRepo.fullPath())
+
+  it 'should still return isPathIgnored true', ->
+    ignored_file = path.join testRepo.fullPath(), 'ignored_file'
+    repo.refreshStatus().then ->
+      assert.equal(repo.isPathIgnored(ignored_file), true)
+
+  after ->
+    command = 'dir \'' + testRepo.fullPath() + '\\subDir*\' | rename-item -NewName a'
+    command = 'powershell -command "' + command + '"'
+    exec command
+    testRepo.destroy()
diff --git a/test/long_windows_paths.ps1 b/test/long_windows_paths.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d75366f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/long_windows_paths.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+hg init $args[0]
+set-location $args[0]
+
+Set-Content -Path ".hgignore" -Value @"
+syntax:glob
+ignored_file
+"@
+hg add ".hgignore"
+
+new-item -type File "ignored_file"
+new-item -type Directory "subdir"
+new-item -type File "subdir/some_file"
+
+$subDir = get-item "subdir"
+$path = $subDir.FullName
+$path = $path.PadRight(259, "A")
+
+rename-item "subdir" (Split-Path $path -Leaf)