On 12 August 2013 15:38, Pete Wyckoff <p...@padd.com> wrote:
> al...@rosedu.org wrote on Mon, 12 Aug 2013 10:46 +0300:
>> On 11 August 2013 14:57, Pete Wyckoff <p...@padd.com> wrote:
>> > al...@rosedu.org wrote on Thu, 08 Aug 2013 16:17 +0300:
>> >> Symlink contents in p4 print sometimes have a trailing
>> >> new line character, but sometimes it doesn't. git-p4
>> >> should only remove the last character if that character
>> >> is '\n'.
>> >
>> > Your patch looks fine, and harmless if symlinks continue
>> > to have \n on the end.  I'd like to understand a bit why
>> > this behavior is different for you, though.  Could you do
>> > this test on a symlink in your depot?
>> >
>> > Here //depot/symlink points to "symlink-target".  You can
>> > see the \n in position 0o332 below.  What happens on a
>> > symlink in your repo?
>> >
>> >     arf-git-test$ p4 fstat //depot/symlink
>> >     ... depotFile //depot/symlink
>> >     ... clientFile /dev/shm/trash 
>> > directory.t9802-git-p4-filetype/cli/symlink
>> >     ... isMapped
>> >     ... headAction add
>> >     ... headType symlink
>> >     ... headTime 1376221978
>> >     ... headRev 1
>> >     ... headChange 6
>> >     ... headModTime 1376221978
>> >     ... haveRev 1
>> >
>> >     arf-git-test$ p4 -G print //depot/symlink | od -c
>> >     0000000   {   s 004  \0  \0  \0   c   o   d   e   s 004  \0  \0  \0   s
>> >     0000020   t   a   t   s  \t  \0  \0  \0   d   e   p   o   t   F   i   l
>> >     0000040   e   s 017  \0  \0  \0   /   /   d   e   p   o   t   /   s   y
>> >     0000060   m   l   i   n   k   s 003  \0  \0  \0   r   e   v   s 001  \0
>> >     0000100  \0  \0   1   s 006  \0  \0  \0   c   h   a   n   g   e   s 001
>> >     0000120  \0  \0  \0   6   s 006  \0  \0  \0   a   c   t   i   o   n   s
>> >     0000140 003  \0  \0  \0   a   d   d   s 004  \0  \0  \0   t   y   p   e
>> >     0000160   s  \a  \0  \0  \0   s   y   m   l   i   n   k   s 004  \0  \0
>> >     0000200  \0   t   i   m   e   s  \n  \0  \0  \0   1   3   7   6   2   2
>> >     0000220   1   9   7   8   s  \b  \0  \0  \0   f   i   l   e   S   i   z
>> >     0000240   e   s 002  \0  \0  \0   1   5   0   {   s 004  \0  \0  \0   c
>> >     0000260   o   d   e   s 006  \0  \0  \0   b   i   n   a   r   y   s 004
>> >     0000300  \0  \0  \0   d   a   t   a   s 017  \0  \0  \0   s   y   m   l
>> >     0000320   i   n   k   -   t   a   r   g   e   t  \n   0   {   s 004  \0
>> >     0000340  \0  \0   c   o   d   e   s 006  \0  \0  \0   b   i   n   a   r
>> >     0000360   y   s 004  \0  \0  \0   d   a   t   a   s  \0  \0  \0  \0   0
>> >     0000400
>> >
>> > Also, what version is your server, from "p4 info":
>> >
>> >     Server version: P4D/LINUX26X86_64/2013.1/610569 (2013/03/19)
>> >
>> >                 -- Pete
>> >
>>
>> Hello!
>>
>> Let me give you an example. Here are the links as resulted in the git
>> p4 clone (one was correct, one wasn't):
>>
>> ./lib/update.sh -> ../update.sh
>> ./apps/update.sh -> ../update.s
>>
>>
>> alexj@ixro-alexj ~/perforce $ p4 print path/lib/update.sh
>> //path/update.sh#6 - edit change 119890 (symlink)
>> ../update.sh
>> alexj@ixro-alexj ~/perforce $ p4 print path/apps/update.sh
>> //path/apps/update.sh#144 - edit change 116063 (symlink)
>> ../update.shalexj@ixro-alexj ~/perforce/unstable $
>>
>> Notice the output and the prompt.
>>
>> (I removed the exact path to the file from the output)
>>
>> The fstat output is kind of irrelevant, but the hexdump shows the missing \n:
>>
>> p4 -G print lib/update.sh|od -c
>>
>> 0000360   t   e   .   s   h  \n   0
>>
>> p4 -G print apps/update.sh|od -c
>> 0000360   p   d   a   t   e   .   s   h   0
>
> I had forgotten, in fact, another thread on this very topic:
>
> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.version-control.git/221500
>
> Now with your evidence, I think we can decide that no matter how
> the symlink managed to sneak into p4d, git p4 should be able to
> handle it.
>
> The only problem is that due to the \n ambiguity, in your setup
> where p4d loses the \n, git p4 will not handle symlinks with a
> target that ends with a newline, e.g.:
>
>     symlink("foo\n", "bar");
>
> But the small chance of someone actually doing that, coupled with
> the fact that for you git p4 is unusable with these symlinks,
> says we should go ahead and make the change.
>
> You should send the patch to junio for inclusion in pu/ for the
> next release, with:
>
> Acked-by: Pete Wyckoff <p...@padd.com>
>
> Thanks for fixing this!
>
>                 -- Pete

Sorry, I didn't get where I am supposed to submit the patch (I thought
I was supposed to send it here, lkml style).

>
>> Server version: P4D/LINUX26X86_64/2013.1/610569
>>
>> >> Signed-off-by: Alex Juncu <aju...@ixiacom.com>
>> >> Signed-off-by: Alex Badea <aba...@ixiacom.com>
>> >> ---
>> >>  git-p4.py | 8 ++++++--
>> >>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>> >>
>> >> diff --git a/git-p4.py b/git-p4.py
>> >> index 31e71ff..a53a6dc 100755
>> >> --- a/git-p4.py
>> >> +++ b/git-p4.py
>> >> @@ -2180,9 +2180,13 @@ class P4Sync(Command, P4UserMap):
>> >>              git_mode = "100755"
>> >>          if type_base == "symlink":
>> >>              git_mode = "120000"
>> >> -            # p4 print on a symlink contains "target\n"; remove the 
>> >> newline
>> >> +            # p4 print on a symlink sometimes contains "target\n";
>> >> +            # if it does, remove the newline
>> >>              data = ''.join(contents)
>> >> -            contents = [data[:-1]]
>> >> +            if data[-1] == '\n':
>> >> +                contents = [data[:-1]]
>> >> +            else:
>> >> +                contents = [data]
>> >>
>> >>          if type_base == "utf16":
>> >>              # p4 delivers different text in the python output to -G
>> >> --
>> >> 1.8.4.rc0.1.g8f6a3e5
>>
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