On 29 December 2016 at 09:05, Igor Kushnir <igor...@gmail.com> wrote: > git-p4 crashes when used with a very old p4 client version > that does not support the '-r <number>' option in its commands. > > Allow making git-p4 work with old p4 clients by setting git-p4.retries to 0. > > Alternatively git-p4.retries could be made opt-in. > But since only very old, barely maintained p4 versions don't support > the '-r' option, the setting-retries-to-0 workaround would do. > > The "-r retries" option is present in Perforce 2012.2 Command Reference, > but absent from Perforce 2012.1 Command Reference.
That looks like a good fix, thanks. I feel sad for anyone still using 2012.1. Luke > > Signed-off-by: Igor Kushnir <igor...@gmail.com> > --- > Documentation/git-p4.txt | 1 + > git-p4.py | 4 +++- > 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/git-p4.txt b/Documentation/git-p4.txt > index bae862ddc..f4f1be5be 100644 > --- a/Documentation/git-p4.txt > +++ b/Documentation/git-p4.txt > @@ -479,6 +479,7 @@ git-p4.client:: > git-p4.retries:: > Specifies the number of times to retry a p4 command (notably, > 'p4 sync') if the network times out. The default value is 3. > + '-r 0' is not passed to p4 commands if this option is set to 0. > > Clone and sync variables > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > diff --git a/git-p4.py b/git-p4.py > index 22e3f57e7..e5a9e1cce 100755 > --- a/git-p4.py > +++ b/git-p4.py > @@ -83,7 +83,9 @@ def p4_build_cmd(cmd): > if retries is None: > # Perform 3 retries by default > retries = 3 > - real_cmd += ["-r", str(retries)] > + if retries != 0: > + # Provide a way to not pass this option by setting git-p4.retries to > 0 > + real_cmd += ["-r", str(retries)] > > if isinstance(cmd,basestring): > real_cmd = ' '.join(real_cmd) + ' ' + cmd > -- > 2.11.0 >
