Sorry for the late turnaround here is an improved version. Now chdir has an optional argument client_path, if it's true then we don't do os.getcwd. I think that my first patch is also valid too - when the path is absolute no need for getcwd no matter what is the context, when it's relative we have to use os.getcwd() no matter of the context. --- If p4 client is configured to /p/foo which is a symlink: /p/foo -> /vol/barvol/projects/foo. Then resolving the symlink will confuse p4: "Path /vol/barvol/projects/foo/... is not under client root /p/foo". While AltRoots in p4 client specification can be used as a workaround on p4 side, git-p4 should not resolve symlinks in client paths. chdir(dir) uses os.getcwd() after os.chdir(dir) to resolve relative paths, but as a sideeffect it resolves symlinks too. Now for client paths we don't call os.getcwd(). Signed-off-by: Miklós Fazekas <mfazekas@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- git-p4.py | 11 ++++++++--- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/git-p4.py b/git-p4.py index 0682e61..2bd8cc2 100755 --- a/git-p4.py +++ b/git-p4.py @@ -68,12 +68,17 @@ def p4_build_cmd(cmd): real_cmd += cmd return real_cmd -def chdir(dir): +def chdir(dir,client_path=False): # P4 uses the PWD environment variable rather than getcwd(). Since we're # not using the shell, we have to set it ourselves. This path could # be relative, so go there first, then figure out where we ended up. + # os.getcwd() will resolve symlinks, so we should avoid it for + # client_paths. os.chdir(dir) - os.environ['PWD'] = os.getcwd() + if client_path: + os.environ['PWD'] = dir + else: + os.environ['PWD'] = os.getcwd() def die(msg): if verbose: @@ -1554,7 +1559,7 @@ class P4Submit(Command, P4UserMap): new_client_dir = True os.makedirs(self.clientPath) - chdir(self.clientPath) + chdir(self.clientPath,client_path=True) if self.dry_run: print "Would synchronize p4 checkout in %s" % self.clientPath else: -- 1.7.10.2 (Apple Git-33) On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 12:08 AM, Pete Wyckoff <pw@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > mfazekas@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on Tue, 29 Jan 2013 09:37 +0100: >> If a p4 client is configured to /p/foo which is a symlink >> to /vol/bar/projects/foo, then resolving symlink, which >> is done by git-p4's chdir will confuse p4: "Path >> /vol/bar/projects/foo/... is not under client root /p/foo" >> While AltRoots in p4 client specification can be used as a >> workaround on p4 side, git-p4 should not resolve symlinks >> in client paths. >> chdir(dir) uses os.getcwd() after os.chdir(dir) to resolve >> relative paths, but as a side effect it resolves symlinks >> too. Now it checks if the dir is relative before resolving. >> >> Signed-off-by: Miklós Fazekas <mfazekas@xxxxxxxxxxxx> >> --- >> git-p4.py | 5 ++++- >> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) >> >> diff --git a/git-p4.py b/git-p4.py >> index 2da5649..5d74649 100755 >> --- a/git-p4.py >> +++ b/git-p4.py >> @@ -64,7 +64,10 @@ def chdir(dir): >> # not using the shell, we have to set it ourselves. This path could >> # be relative, so go there first, then figure out where we ended up. >> os.chdir(dir) >> - os.environ['PWD'] = os.getcwd() >> + if os.path.isabs(dir): >> + os.environ['PWD'] = dir >> + else: >> + os.environ['PWD'] = os.getcwd() >> >> def die(msg): >> if verbose: > > Thanks, this is indeed a bug and I have reproduced it with a test > case. Your patch works, but I think it would be better to > separate the callers of chdir(): those that know they are > cd-ing to a path from a p4 client, and everybody else. The former > should not use os.getcwd(), as you show. > > I'll whip something up soon, unless you beat me to it. > > -- Pete -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html