Re: [PATCH] git-p4: do not pass '-r 0' to p4 commands

> git-p4 crashes when used with a very old p4 client version
> that does not support the '-r <number>' option in its commands.
>
> Allow making git-p4 work with old p4 clients by setting git-p4.retries to 0.
>
> Alternatively git-p4.retries could be made opt-in.
> But since only very old, barely maintained p4 versions don't support
> the '-r' option, the setting-retries-to-0 workaround would do.
>
> The "-r retries" option is present in Perforce 2012.2 Command Reference,
> but absent from Perforce 2012.1 Command Reference.

>
> Signed-off-by: Igor Kushnir <igorkuo@gmail.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/git-p4.txt | 1 +
>  git-p4.py                | 4 +++-
>  2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/git-p4.txt b/Documentation/git-p4.txt
> index bae862ddc..f4f1be5be 100644
> --- a/Documentation/git-p4.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/git-p4.txt
> @@ -479,6 +479,7 @@ git-p4.client::
>  git-p4.retries::
>         Specifies the number of times to retry a p4 command (notably,
>         'p4 sync') if the network times out. The default value is 3.
> +       '-r 0' is not passed to p4 commands if this option is set to 0.
>
>  Clone and sync variables
>  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> diff --git a/git-p4.py b/git-p4.py
> index 22e3f57e7..e5a9e1cce 100755
> --- a/git-p4.py
> +++ b/git-p4.py
> @@ -83,7 +83,9 @@ def p4_build_cmd(cmd):
>      if retries is None:
>          # Perform 3 retries by default
>          retries = 3
> -    real_cmd += ["-r", str(retries)]
> +    if retries != 0:
> +        # Provide a way to not pass this option by setting git-p4.retries to 0
> +        real_cmd += ["-r", str(retries)]
>
>      if isinstance(cmd,basestring):
>          real_cmd = ' '.join(real_cmd) + ' ' + cmd
> --
> 2.11.0
>