Re: [PATCH v2 5/8] git-p4: reinterpret confusing p4 message

[Tor Arvid Lund <torarvid@gmail.com>]

On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 2:17 PM, Pete Wyckoff <pw@padd.com> wrote:
> Error output will look like this:
>
> glom$ git p4 clone //deopt
> Importing from //deopt into .
> Reinitialized existing Git repository in /tmp/x/.git/
> Doing initial import of //deopt from revision #head into refs/remotes/p4/master
> p4 returned an error: //deopt/... - must refer to client glom.
>
> This particular p4 error is misleading.
> Perhaps the depot path was misspelled.
> Depot path:  //deopt
>
> Signed-off-by: Pete Wyckoff <pw@padd.com>

Acked-by: Tor Arvid Lund <torarvid@gmail.com>

:-)

> ---
>  contrib/fast-import/git-p4 |    4 ++++
>  1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/contrib/fast-import/git-p4 b/contrib/fast-import/git-p4
> index db19b17..6b847c4 100755
> --- a/contrib/fast-import/git-p4
> +++ b/contrib/fast-import/git-p4
> @@ -1445,6 +1445,10 @@ class P4Sync(Command):
>             if 'code' in info and info['code'] == 'error':
>                 sys.stderr.write("p4 returned an error: %s\n"
>                                  % info['data'])
> +                if info['data'].find("must refer to client") >= 0:
> +                    sys.stderr.write("This particular p4 error is misleading.\n")
> +                    sys.stderr.write("Perhaps the depot path was misspelled.\n");
> +                    sys.stderr.write("Depot path:  %s\n" % " ".join(self.depotPaths))
>                 sys.exit(1)
>             if 'p4ExitCode' in info:
>                 sys.stderr.write("p4 exitcode: %s\n" % info['p4ExitCode'])
> --
> 1.7.4.1
>
>