Yes, when git-p4 runs git-apply to test the patch, this fails due to abbreviated blob object names. I think git-apply requires full object names for binary patches.
On 04/26/2014 05:43 AM, Pete Wyckoff wrote:
tolga.cey...@gmail.com wrote on Thu, 24 Apr 2014 21:46 -0700:When applying binary patches a full index is required. format-patch already handles this, but diff-tree needs '--full-index' argument to always output full index. Signed-off-by: Tolga Ceylan <tolga.cey...@gmail.com> --- git-p4.py | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/git-p4.py b/git-p4.py index cdfa2df..4ee6739 100755 --- a/git-p4.py +++ b/git-p4.py @@ -1311,7 +1311,7 @@ class P4Submit(Command, P4UserMap): else: die("unknown modifier %s for %s" % (modifier, path)) - diffcmd = "git diff-tree -p \"%s\"" % (id) + diffcmd = "git diff-tree --full-index -p \"%s\"" % (id) patchcmd = diffcmd + " | git apply " tryPatchCmd = patchcmd + "--check -" applyPatchCmd = patchcmd + "--check --apply -" --This looks like a straightforward change, but can you give a bit more background on why a full index is required? Do you mean that "git apply" will reject a patch with abbreviated blob object names? -- Pete
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