AWS Serverless Application Model init error on Pycharm

Question

I am trying to create a new AWS Serverless Application on Pycharm but i am getting this error:

Could not execute `sam init`!: [Cloning from https://github.com/aws/aws-sam-cli-app-templates (process may take a moment),
Error: Unstable state when updating repo. Check that you have permissions to create/delete files

How can i solve this problem ?

Details:

OS:Windows 10 , x64
Version: Python 3.9, SAM CLI- 1.53.0
IDE: Pycharm 2022.1.3 Pro Edition
Git Version 2.37

Answer 1

Open PowerShell in admin mode and type this and execute

New-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem" `
-Name "LongPathsEnabled" -Value 1 -PropertyType DWORD -Force

worked for me. (fixes webstorm aws toolkit error in init too)