text = p4_read_pipe(['print', '-q', '-o', '-', file['depotFile']])
contents = [ text ]
+ if type_base == "apple":
+ # Apple filetype files will be streamed as a concatenation of
+ # its appledouble header and the contents. This is useless
+ # on both macs and non-macs. If using "print -q -o xx", it
+ # will create "xx" with the data, and "%xx" with the header.
+ # This is also not very useful.
+ #
+ # Ideally, someday, this script can learn how to generate
+ # appledouble files directly and import those to git, but
+ # non-mac machines can never find a use for apple filetype.
+ print "\nIgnoring apple filetype file %s" % file['depotFile']
+ return
+
# Perhaps windows wants unicode, utf16 newlines translated too;
# but this is not doing it.
if self.isWindows and type_base == "text":