git-p4: improve client path detection when branches are usedva/p4-client-path

Perforce allows client side file/directory remapping through
the use of the client view definition that is part of the
user's client spec.

To support this functionality while branch detection is
enabled it is important to determine the branch location in
the workspace such that the correct files are patched before
Perforce submission. Perforce provides a command that
facilitates this process: p4 where.

This patch does two things to fix improve file location
detection when git-p4 has branch detection and use of client
spec enabled:

 1. Enable usage of "p4 where" when Perforce branches exist
    in the git repository, even when client specification is
    used. This makes use of the already existing function
    p4Where.

 2. Allow identifying partial matches of the branch's depot
    path while processing the output of "p4 where". For
    robustness, paths will only match if ending in "/...".

Signed-off-by: Vitor Antunes <vitor.hda@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Luke Diamand <luke@diamand.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

2 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/git-p4.py b/git-p4.py
index 549022e97c..34e4fdd8fa 100755
--- a/git-p4.py
+++ b/git-p4.py
@@ -502,12 +502,14 @@ def p4Cmd(cmd):
 def p4Where(depotPath):
     if not depotPath.endswith("/"):
         depotPath += "/"
-    depotPath = depotPath + "..."
-    outputList = p4CmdList(["where", depotPath])
+    depotPathLong = depotPath + "..."
+    outputList = p4CmdList(["where", depotPathLong])
     output = None
     for entry in outputList:
         if "depotFile" in entry:
-            if entry["depotFile"] == depotPath:
+            # Search for the base client side depot path, as long as it starts with the branch's P4 path.
+            # The base path always ends with "/...".
+            if entry["depotFile"].find(depotPath) == 0 and entry["depotFile"][-4:] == "/...":
                 output = entry
                 break
         elif "data" in entry:
@@ -1627,7 +1629,10 @@ class P4Submit(Command, P4UserMap):
         if self.useClientSpec:
             self.clientSpecDirs = getClientSpec()
 
-        if self.useClientSpec:
+        # Check for the existance of P4 branches
+        branchesDetected = (len(p4BranchesInGit().keys()) > 1)
+
+        if self.useClientSpec and not branchesDetected:
             # all files are relative to the client spec
             self.clientPath = getClientRoot()
         else:
diff --git a/t/t9801-git-p4-branch.sh b/t/t9801-git-p4-branch.sh
index 36a7f51176..0aafd03334 100755
--- a/t/t9801-git-p4-branch.sh
+++ b/t/t9801-git-p4-branch.sh
@@ -593,7 +593,7 @@ test_expect_success 'git p4 clone simple branches with base folder on server sid
 '
 
 # Now update a file in one of the branches in git and submit to P4
-test_expect_failure 'Update a file in git side and submit to P4 using client view' '
+test_expect_success 'Update a file in git side and submit to P4 using client view' '
 	test_when_finished cleanup_git &&
 	(
 		cd "$git" &&