Symlink contents in p4 print sometimes have a trailing new line character, but sometimes it doesn't. git-p4 should only remove the last character if that character is '\n'. Signed-off-by: Alex Juncu <ajuncu@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Alex Badea <abadea@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- git-p4.py | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/git-p4.py b/git-p4.py index 31e71ff..a53a6dc 100755 --- a/git-p4.py +++ b/git-p4.py @@ -2180,9 +2180,13 @@ class P4Sync(Command, P4UserMap): git_mode = "100755" if type_base == "symlink": git_mode = "120000" - # p4 print on a symlink contains "target\n"; remove the newline + # p4 print on a symlink sometimes contains "target\n"; + # if it does, remove the newline data = ''.join(contents) - contents = [data[:-1]] + if data[-1] == '\n': + contents = [data[:-1]] + else: + contents = [data] if type_base == "utf16": # p4 delivers different text in the python output to -G -- 1.8.4.rc0.1.g8f6a3e5 -- 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