Enable long paths on windows

1 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/path.js b/lib/path.js
index 162a15fc25..03d0807f75 100644
--- a/lib/path.js
+++ b/lib/path.js
@@ -417,3 +417,24 @@ exports.existsSync = function(path) {
     return false;
   }
 };
+
+
+exports._makeLong = isWindows ? 
+  function(path) {
+    var resolvedPath = exports.resolve(path);
+
+    if (resolvedPath.match(/^[a-zA-Z]\:\\/)) {
+      // path is local filesystem path, which needs to be converted
+      // to long UNC path.
+      return '\\\\?\\' + resolvedPath;
+    } else if (resolvedPath.match(/^\\\\[^?.]/)) {
+      // path is network UNC path, which needs to be converted
+      // to long UNC path.
+      return '\\\\?\\UNC\\' + resolvedPath.substring(2);
+    }
+
+    return path;
+  } :
+  function(path) {
+    return path;
+  };