title: File path character limit error in Windows and Node App
body: <p>I'm working on a Node project in Visual Studio 2012 and have just run into the infamous 260 character file path limit error.</p>
  
  <p>My questions is: is it even possible to work on a Node project of any significant size in Visual Studio/Windows? The long filepaths come from the node_modules directory which of course nests modules that have their own node_modules, which of course nests....</p>
  
  <p>I thought about installing all dependencies globally but that can't be a good idea.</p>
  
  <p>Any suggestions?</p>