Re: git-p4 move/delete errors

From: Thomas Berg <merlin66b@gmail.com>
Date: Jul 9, 2010, 15:05 UTC
Message-ID: <AANLkTikPHJuf5JUe096BWTWO_oF9u3gNlVNuw7Ik32WQ@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTinN0Av1CO7mZU-QKeApq43UmEykUV093eyTtKQN@mail.gmail.com>

Hi,

On Fri, May 28, 2010 at 2:30 AM, Lance Linder <llinder@gmail.com> wrote:

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> Until recently I have been successfully using git-p4 with much joy and
> happiness. Then suddenly git-p4 submit started throwing "Command
> failed: p4 diff -du ..." when ever I delete or move a file.
>
> We recently upgraded our perforce server ( Rev.
> P4D/NTX86/2009.2/238357 (2010/03/15) ). It was about this time that
> the problem came up. First thing I did of course was upgrade to the
> latest version of git ( now on 1.7.1 ) but the problem still persists.
> Next I updated my p4 client ( Rev. P4/MACOSX104U/2009.2/238357
> (2010/03/15) ) but still same problem. All other submits work fine as
> long as there are not any deletions or moves.

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>
> Anyone else seeing these issues?

Indeed, we just upgraded our Perforce server too, and now I'm getting this exact error. Did you find a solution to the problem?

If not I'm very interested in solving it. Seems like the p4 diff command has changed behaviour and broken the git-p4 script.

Cheers, Thomas