Package Install Fails on Windows

[mackerman44]

I attempted to re-install KevinSee/QRFpaper this afternoon to no avail:

remotes::install_github("KevinSee/QRFpaper)

similarly, the install also failed with devtools, both with the same error:

Error: Failed to install 'QRFpaper' from GitHub:
  System command 'Rcmd.exe' failed, exit status: 1, stdout + stderr:
E> * checking for file 'C:\Users\ackermmi\AppData\Local\Temp\RtmpMn5NzQ\remotesfc820523d34\KevinSee-QRFpaper-09e142846ba4376e33d3e14ba76dd41877afa03f/DESCRIPTION' ... OK
E> Warning in file.copy(pkgname, Tdir, recursive = TRUE, copy.date = TRUE) :
E>   over-long path length
E>  ERROR
E> copying to build directory failed

It appears to be related to this issue. As a workaround, I was able to install the package using:

remotes::install_github("KevinSee/QRFpaper", build = F)

and also:

remotes::install_github("KevinSee/QRFpaper@058474d")

and older commit of the repo where the estimate_MIC() function was added.

My best guess is this is related to files and directories that were created when the manuscript Appendix was added. Perhaps a solution is to move the figure/appendix subdir up on level?