[p2-dev] Broken p2 repository?

[John Arthorne <arthorne.eclipse@xxxxxxxxx>]

Is anyone else having trouble using the p2 repository recently? I was getting funny errors trying to pull from it. Eventually I completely deleted the repository and cloned fresh, but I get the same errors. I wonder if it is some kind of "path too long" error (I'm on Win 7):

C:\Users\johnart\git>git clone ssh://johna@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/gitroot/equinox/rt.equinox.p2.git
Cloning into rt.equinox.p2...
Password:

remote: Counting objects: 142749, done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (25897/25897), done.
remote: Total 142749 (delta 66208), reused 137316 (delta 63175)
Receiving objects: 100% (142749/142749), 71.54 MiB | 911 KiB/s, done.

Resolving deltas: 100% (66208/66208), done.
error: git checkout-index: unable to create file bundles/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.tests.sharedinstall/testData/sharedPreferences/baseInstall/p2/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.engine/profileRegistry/epp.package.

java.profile/.data/.settings/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.artifact.repository.prefs (No such file or directory)
error: git checkout-index: unable to create file bundles/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.tests.sharedinstall/testData/sharedPreferences/baseInstall/p2/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.engine/profileRegistry/epp.package.

java.profile/.data/.settings/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.metadata.repository.prefs (No such file or directory)
error: git checkout-index: unable to create file bundles/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.tests.sharedinstall/testData/sharedPreferencesWithDataInUser/baseInstall/p2/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.engine/profileRegistr

y/epp.package.java.profile/.data/.settings/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.artifact.repository.prefs (No such file or directory)
error: git checkout-index: unable to create file bundles/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.tests.sharedinstall/testData/sharedPreferencesWithDataInUser/baseInstall/p2/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.engine/profileRegistr

y/epp.package.java.profile/.data/.settings/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.metadata.repository.prefs (No such file or directory)
error: git checkout-index: unable to create file bundles/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.tests.sharedinstall/testData/sharedPreferencesWithDataInUser/userHome/p2/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.engine/profileRegistry/e

pp.package.java.profile/.data/.settings/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.metadata.repository.prefs (No such file or directory)
error: git checkout-index: unable to create file bundles/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.tests.sharedinstall/testData/sharedPreferencesWithDataInUser/userHome/p2/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.engine/profileRegistry/e

pp.package.java.profile/.data/.settings/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.ui.sdk.prefs (No such file or directory)