Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] git p4 test: should honor symlink in p4 client root

From: Johannes Sixt <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2013 07:42:04 +0100

Am 3/8/2013 0:19, schrieb Pete Wyckoff:
> +# When the p4 client Root is a symlink, make sure chdir() does not use
> +# getcwd() to convert it to a physical path.
> +test_expect_failure 'p4 client root symlink should stay symbolic' '
> +	physical="$TRASH_DIRECTORY/physical" &&
> +	symbolic="$TRASH_DIRECTORY/symbolic" &&
> +	test_when_finished "rm -rf \"$physical\"" &&
> +	test_when_finished "rm \"$symbolic\"" &&
> +	mkdir -p "$physical" &&
> +	ln -s "$physical" "$symbolic" &&

This test needs a SYMLINKS prerequisite to future-proof it, in case the
Windows port gains p4 support some time.

> +	test_when_finished cleanup_git &&
> +	(
> +		P4CLIENT=client-sym &&
> +		p4 client -i <<-EOF &&
> +		Client: $P4CLIENT
> +		Description: $P4CLIENT
> +		Root: $symbolic
> +		LineEnd: unix
> +		View: //depot/... //$P4CLIENT/...
> +		EOF
> +		git p4 clone --dest="$git" //depot &&
> +		cd "$git" &&
> +		test_commit file2 &&
> +		git config git-p4.skipSubmitEdit true &&
> +		git p4 submit
> +	)
> +'

-- Hannes