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[PATCH 05/12] Add a single command that will be used to construct the 'p4' command

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AKAnand Kumria <wildfire@progsoc.org>
Date
Aug 10, 2008, 18:26 UTC
Message-ID
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 Rather than having three locations where the 'p4' command is built up,
 refactor this into the one place. This will, eventually, allow us to
 have one place where we modify the evironment or pass extra
 command-line options to the 'p4' binary.
Signed-off-by: Anand Kumria <wildfire@progsoc.org>
---
 contrib/fast-import/git-p4 |   11 +++++++++++
 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/contrib/fast-import/git-p4 b/contrib/fast-import/git-p4
index 2ed36ec..b4acf76 100755
--- a/contrib/fast-import/git-p4
+++ b/contrib/fast-import/git-p4
@@ -16,6 +16,17 @@ from sets import Set;
 
 verbose = False
 
+
+def p4_build_cmd(cmd):
+    """Build a suitable p4 command line.
+
+    This consolidates building and returning a p4 command line into one
+    location. It means that hooking into the environment, or other configuration
+    can be done more easily.
+    """
+    real_cmd = "%s %s" % ("p4", cmd)
+    return real_cmd
+
 def die(msg):
     if verbose:
         raise Exception(msg)
-- 
1.5.6.3
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Message 6 of 16 in “Allow users to access Perforce repositories requiring authentication”
  1. 00/12 Allow users to access Perforce repositories requiring authenticationAnand Kumria, Aug 10, 2008
  2. 01/12 Create a specific version of the read_pipe_lines command for p4 invocationsAnand Kumria, Aug 10, 2008
  3. 02/12 Utilise the new 'p4_read_pipe_lines' commandAnand Kumria, Aug 10, 2008
  4. 03/12 Have a command that specifically invokes 'p4' (via system)Anand Kumria, Aug 10, 2008
  5. 04/12 Utilise the new 'p4_system' function.Anand Kumria, Aug 10, 2008
  6. 05/12 Add a single command that will be used to construct the 'p4' commandAnand Kumria, Aug 10, 2008
  7. 06/12 If we are in verbose mode, output what we are about to run (or return)Anand Kumria, Aug 10, 2008
  8. 07/12 Switch to using 'p4_build_cmd'Anand Kumria, Aug 10, 2008
  9. 08/12 If the user has configured various parameters, use them.Anand Kumria, Aug 10, 2008
  10. 09/12 Consistently use 'git-p4' for the configuration entriesAnand Kumria, Aug 10, 2008
  11. 10/12 Move git-p4.syncFromOrigin into a configuration parameters sectionAnand Kumria, Aug 10, 2008
  12. 11/12 Put some documentation in about the parameters that have been addedAnand Kumria, Aug 10, 2008
  13. 12/12 Put in the two other configuration elements found in the sourceAnand Kumria, Aug 10, 2008
  14. Simon HausmannAug 13, 2008
  15. Tor Arvid LundAug 14, 2008
  16. Anand KumriaAug 14, 2008

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