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@@ -191,6 +191,11 @@ git-p4.useclientspec
git config [--global] git-p4.useclientspec false
+The P4CLIENT environment variable should be correctly set for p4 to be
+able to find the relevant client. This client spec will be used to
+both filter the files cloned by git and set the directory layout as
+specified in the client (this implies --keep-path style semantics).
+
Implementation Details...
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