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[PATCH 7/8] git-p4: decode p4 wildcard characters

From
PWPete Wyckoff <pw@padd.com>
Date
Feb 5, 2011, 22:52 UTC
Message-ID
<20110205225237.GH30963@arf.padd.com>
In-Reply-To
<20110205224848.GA30963@arf.padd.com>

There are four wildcard characters in p4. Files with these characters can be added to p4 repos using the "-f" option. They are stored in %xx notation, and when checked out, p4 converts them back to normal.

This patch does the same thing when importing into git, converting the four special characters. Without this change, the files appear with literal %xx in their names.

Signed-off-by: Pete Wyckoff <pw@padd.com>
---
 contrib/fast-import/git-p4 |   13 +++++++++++++
 t/t9800-git-p4.sh          |   22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/contrib/fast-import/git-p4 b/contrib/fast-import/git-p4
index 04e6c3d..5b08cd6 100755
--- a/contrib/fast-import/git-p4
+++ b/contrib/fast-import/git-p4
@@ -884,6 +884,18 @@ class P4Sync(Command):
         if gitConfig("git-p4.syncFromOrigin") == "false":
             self.syncWithOrigin = False
 
+    # The p4 wildcards are not allowed in filenames.  It complains
+    # if you try to add them, but you can override with "-f", in
+    # which case it translates them into %xx encoding.  Search for
+    # and fix just these four characters.  Do % last so it does
+    # not inadvertantly create new %-escapes.
+    def wildcard_decode(self, path):
+        path = path.replace("%23", "#") \
+                   .replace("%2A", "*") \
+                   .replace("%40", "@") \
+                   .replace("%25", "%")
+        return path
+
     def extractFilesFromCommit(self, commit):
         self.cloneExclude = [re.sub(r"\.\.\.$", "", path)
                              for path in self.cloneExclude]
@@ -962,6 +974,7 @@ class P4Sync(Command):
 	    return
 
         relPath = self.stripRepoPath(file['depotFile'], self.branchPrefixes)
+        relPath = self.wildcard_decode(relPath)
         if verbose:
             sys.stderr.write("%s\n" % relPath)
 
diff --git a/t/t9800-git-p4.sh b/t/t9800-git-p4.sh
index 41e57bb..72c38af 100755
--- a/t/t9800-git-p4.sh
+++ b/t/t9800-git-p4.sh
@@ -65,6 +65,28 @@ test_expect_success 'exit when p4 fails to produce marshaled output' '
 	test_must_fail grep -q Traceback errs
 '
 
+test_expect_success 'add p4 files with wildcards in the names' '
+	cd "$cli" &&
+	echo file-wild-hash >file-wild#hash &&
+	echo file-wild-star >file-wild\*star &&
+	echo file-wild-at >file-wild@at &&
+	echo file-wild-percent >file-wild%percent &&
+	p4 add -f file-wild* &&
+	p4 submit -d "file wildcards" &&
+	cd "$TRASH_DIRECTORY"
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'wildcard files git-p4 clone' '
+	"$GITP4" clone --dest="$git" //depot &&
+	cd "$git" &&
+	test -f file-wild#hash &&
+	test -f file-wild\*star &&
+	test -f file-wild@at &&
+	test -f file-wild%percent &&
+	cd "$TRASH_DIRECTORY" &&
+	rm -rf "$git" && mkdir "$git"
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'shutdown' '
 	pid=`pgrep -f p4d` &&
 	test -n "$pid" &&
-- 
1.7.2.3
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Message 14 of 18 in “git-p4 fixes and enhancements”
  1. 0/8 git-p4 fixes and enhancementsPete Wyckoff, Feb 5, 2011
  2. 1/8 git-p4: test scriptPete Wyckoff, Feb 5, 2011
  3. Vitor AntunesFeb 6, 2011
  4. Junio C HamanoFeb 7, 2011
  5. Pete WyckoffFeb 7, 2011
  6. 2/8 git-p4: fix key error for p4 problemPete Wyckoff, Feb 5, 2011
  7. 3/8 git-p4: add missing newline in initial import messagePete Wyckoff, Feb 5, 2011
  8. Tor Arvid LundFeb 8, 2011
  9. 4/8 git-p4: accommodate new move/delete type in p4Pete Wyckoff, Feb 5, 2011
  10. Tor Arvid LundFeb 8, 2011
  11. 5/8 git-p4: reinterpret confusing p4 messagePete Wyckoff, Feb 5, 2011
  12. 6/8 git-p4: better message for "git-p4 sync" when not clonedPete Wyckoff, Feb 5, 2011
  13. Tor Arvid LundFeb 8, 2011
  14. 7/8 git-p4: decode p4 wildcard charactersPete Wyckoff, Feb 5, 2011
  15. Tor Arvid LundFeb 8, 2011
  16. Pete WyckoffFeb 8, 2011
  17. 8/8 git-p4: support clone --barePete Wyckoff, Feb 5, 2011
  18. Tor Arvid LundFeb 8, 2011

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