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-rwxr-xr-xgit-p4.py9
-rwxr-xr-xt/t9802-git-p4-filetype.sh66
2 files changed, 74 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/git-p4.py b/git-p4.py
index 5ea8bb8fc2..e798ecf48c 100755
--- a/git-p4.py
+++ b/git-p4.py
@@ -2075,7 +2075,14 @@ class P4Sync(Command, P4UserMap):
# p4 print on a symlink sometimes contains "target\n";
# if it does, remove the newline
data = ''.join(contents)
- if data[-1] == '\n':
+ if not data:
+ # Some version of p4 allowed creating a symlink that pointed
+ # to nothing. This causes p4 errors when checking out such
+ # a change, and errors here too. Work around it by ignoring
+ # the bad symlink; hopefully a future change fixes it.
+ print "\nIgnoring empty symlink in %s" % file['depotFile']
+ return
+ elif data[-1] == '\n':
contents = [data[:-1]]
else:
contents = [data]
diff --git a/t/t9802-git-p4-filetype.sh b/t/t9802-git-p4-filetype.sh
index 94d7be9616..66d3fc91a7 100755
--- a/t/t9802-git-p4-filetype.sh
+++ b/t/t9802-git-p4-filetype.sh
@@ -267,6 +267,72 @@ test_expect_success SYMLINKS 'ensure p4 symlink parsed correctly' '
)
'
+test_expect_success SYMLINKS 'empty symlink target' '
+ (
+ # first create the file as a file
+ cd "$cli" &&
+ >empty-symlink &&
+ p4 add empty-symlink &&
+ p4 submit -d "add empty-symlink as a file"
+ ) &&
+ (
+ # now change it to be a symlink to "target1"
+ cd "$cli" &&
+ p4 edit empty-symlink &&
+ p4 reopen -t symlink empty-symlink &&
+ rm empty-symlink &&
+ ln -s target1 empty-symlink &&
+ p4 add empty-symlink &&
+ p4 submit -d "make empty-symlink point to target1"
+ ) &&
+ (
+ # Hack the p4 depot to make the symlink point to nothing;
+ # this should not happen in reality, but shows up
+ # in p4 repos in the wild.
+ #
+ # The sed expression changes this:
+ # @@
+ # text
+ # @target1
+ # @
+ # to this:
+ # @@
+ # text
+ # @@
+ #
+ cd "$db/depot" &&
+ sed "/@target1/{; s/target1/@/; n; d; }" \
+ empty-symlink,v >empty-symlink,v.tmp &&
+ mv empty-symlink,v.tmp empty-symlink,v
+ ) &&
+ (
+ # Make sure symlink really is empty. Asking
+ # p4 to sync here will make it generate errors.
+ cd "$cli" &&
+ p4 print -q //depot/empty-symlink#2 >out &&
+ test ! -s out
+ ) &&
+ test_when_finished cleanup_git &&
+
+ # make sure git p4 handles it without error
+ git p4 clone --dest="$git" //depot@all &&
+
+ # fix the symlink, make it point to "target2"
+ (
+ cd "$cli" &&
+ p4 open empty-symlink &&
+ rm empty-symlink &&
+ ln -s target2 empty-symlink &&
+ p4 submit -d "make empty-symlink point to target2"
+ ) &&
+ cleanup_git &&
+ git p4 clone --dest="$git" //depot@all &&
+ (
+ cd "$git" &&
+ test $(readlink empty-symlink) = target2
+ )
+'
+
test_expect_success 'kill p4d' '
kill_p4d
'