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[PATCH v2] git-p4: add "--path-encoding" option

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Date
Aug 31, 2015, 20:43 UTC
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From: Lars Schneider <larsxschneider@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Lars Schneider <larsxschneider@gmail.com>
---
 Documentation/git-p4.txt        |  5 +++++
 git-p4.py                       |  6 ++++++
 t/t9821-git-p4-path-encoding.sh | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 50 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 t/t9821-git-p4-path-encoding.sh
diff --git a/Documentation/git-p4.txt b/Documentation/git-p4.txt
index 82aa5d6..14bb79c 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-p4.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-p4.txt
@@ -252,6 +252,11 @@ Git repository:
 	Use a client spec to find the list of interesting files in p4.
 	See the "CLIENT SPEC" section below.
 
+--path-encoding <encoding>::
+	The encoding to use when reading p4 client paths. With this option
+	non ASCII paths are properly stored in Git. For example, the encoding
+	'cp1252' is often used on Windows systems.
+
 -/ <path>::
 	Exclude selected depot paths when cloning or syncing.
 
diff --git a/git-p4.py b/git-p4.py
index 073f87b..2b3bfc4 100755
--- a/git-p4.py
+++ b/git-p4.py
@@ -1981,6 +1981,8 @@ class P4Sync(Command, P4UserMap):
                 optparse.make_option("--silent", dest="silent", action="store_true"),
                 optparse.make_option("--detect-labels", dest="detectLabels", action="store_true"),
                 optparse.make_option("--import-labels", dest="importLabels", action="store_true"),
+                optparse.make_option("--path-encoding", dest="pathEncoding", type="string",
+                                     help="Encoding to use for paths"),
                 optparse.make_option("--import-local", dest="importIntoRemotes", action="store_false",
                                      help="Import into refs/heads/ , not refs/remotes"),
                 optparse.make_option("--max-changes", dest="maxChanges",
@@ -2025,6 +2027,7 @@ class P4Sync(Command, P4UserMap):
         self.clientSpecDirs = None
         self.tempBranches = []
         self.tempBranchLocation = "git-p4-tmp"
+        self.pathEncoding = None
 
         if gitConfig("git-p4.syncFromOrigin") == "false":
             self.syncWithOrigin = False
@@ -2213,6 +2216,9 @@ class P4Sync(Command, P4UserMap):
             text = regexp.sub(r'$\1$', text)
             contents = [ text ]
 
+        if self.pathEncoding:
+            relPath = relPath.decode(self.pathEncoding).encode('utf8', 'replace')
+
         self.gitStream.write("M %s inline %s\n" % (git_mode, relPath))
 
         # total length...
diff --git a/t/t9821-git-p4-path-encoding.sh b/t/t9821-git-p4-path-encoding.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..bb85074
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/t9821-git-p4-path-encoding.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+test_description='Clone repositories with non ASCII paths'
+
+. ./lib-git-p4.sh
+
+UTF8_ESCAPED="a-\303\244_o-\303\266_u-\303\274.txt"
+
+test_expect_success 'start p4d' '
+	start_p4d
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'Create a repo containing iso8859-1 encoded paths' '
+	cd "$cli" &&
+
+	ISO8859="$(printf "$UTF8_ESCAPED" | iconv -f utf-8 -t iso8859-1)" &&
+	>"$ISO8859" &&
+	p4 add "$ISO8859" &&
+	p4 submit -d "test commit"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'Clone repo containing iso8859-1 encoded paths' '
+	git p4 clone --destination="$git" --path-encoding=iso8859-1 //depot &&
+	test_when_finished cleanup_git &&
+	(
+		cd "$git" &&
+		printf "\"$UTF8_ESCAPED\"" >expect &&
+		# I wonder why Git prints "ls-files" output UTF-8 escaped.
+		# This behavior is consistent on Linux and OS X.
+		printf $(git ls-files) >actual &&
+		test_cmp expect actual
+	)
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'kill p4d' '
+	kill_p4d
+'
+
+test_done
-- 
2.5.1.1.g9071995.dirty
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