[RFC PATCH 0/3] git-p4: move to toplevel

The git-p4 code is in a single python script down in contrib/fast-import now. I'd like to move it up to the top-level source directory of git to make it easier to build and distribute. Git-p4 already takes advantage of the git infrastructure for documentation and testing, as well as the community support (Junio, many reviewers).

Users install git-p4 currently by copying the git-p4 script from contrib/fast-import into a local or personal bin directory, and setting up an alias for "git p4" to invoke it. If it is part of the install, the command will be available automatically. Also, distributions may be more likely to pick it up either as part of a core git package, or as a separate add-on. Getting support for python and git-p4 in msysgit is something I'd like to see happen too.

While I considered taking this opportunity to split up git-p4 into more modular components across multiple files, it seems best now just to do the script move intact. That effort could come later. If anyone has a strong preference to do this now, we could.

Developer note: Like all scripts in git, the source file is git-p4.py, which is built with "make" to git-p4, substituting the specified path for python in the first line. Be sure to edit the source file, and to build before running tests. This is sort of a pain for existing developers, but hopefully we can get used to it.

Pete Wyckoff (3):
  git-p4: move to toplevel
  git p4: update name in script
  git p4: use "git p4" directly in tests

 .gitignore                              |    1 +
 Documentation/git-p4.txt                |   23 +++------
 INSTALL                                 |    3 +
 Makefile                                |    1 +
 contrib/fast-import/git-p4.README       |   13 +++++
 contrib/fast-import/git-p4.bat          |    1 -
 contrib/fast-import/git-p4 => git-p4.py |   14 +++---
 t/lib-git-p4.sh                         |    8 +--
 t/t9800-git-p4-basic.sh                 |   84 +++++++++++++++---------------
 t/t9801-git-p4-branch.sh                |   32 ++++++------
 t/t9802-git-p4-filetype.sh              |   10 ++--
 t/t9803-git-p4-shell-metachars.sh       |   12 ++--
 t/t9804-git-p4-label.sh                 |    6 +-
 t/t9805-git-p4-skip-submit-edit.sh      |   22 ++++----
 t/t9806-git-p4-options.sh               |   28 +++++-----
 t/t9807-git-p4-submit.sh                |   22 ++++----
 t/t9808-git-p4-chdir.sh                 |    6 +-
 t/t9809-git-p4-client-view.sh           |   64 ++++++++++++------------
 18 files changed, 179 insertions(+), 171 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 contrib/fast-import/git-p4.README
 delete mode 100644 contrib/fast-import/git-p4.bat
 rename contrib/fast-import/git-p4 => git-p4.py (99%)