real_cmd += cmd
return real_cmd
-def chdir(dir):
- # P4 uses the PWD environment variable rather than getcwd(). Since we're
- # not using the shell, we have to set it ourselves. This path could
- # be relative, so go there first, then figure out where we ended up.
- os.chdir(dir)
- os.environ['PWD'] = os.getcwd()
+def chdir(path, is_client_path=False):
+ """Do chdir to the given path, and set the PWD environment
+ variable for use by P4. It does not look at getcwd() output.
+ Since we're not using the shell, it is necessary to set the
+ PWD environment variable explicitly.
+
+ Normally, expand the path to force it to be absolute. This
+ addresses the use of relative path names inside P4 settings,
+ e.g. P4CONFIG=.p4config. P4 does not simply open the filename
+ as given; it looks for .p4config using PWD.
+
+ If is_client_path, the path was handed to us directly by p4,
+ and may be a symbolic link. Do not call os.getcwd() in this
+ case, because it will cause p4 to think that PWD is not inside
+ the client path.
+ """
+
+ os.chdir(path)
+ if not is_client_path:
+ path = os.getcwd()
+ os.environ['PWD'] = path
def die(msg):
if verbose:
new_client_dir = True
os.makedirs(self.clientPath)
- chdir(self.clientPath)
+ chdir(self.clientPath, is_client_path=True)
if self.dry_run:
print "Would synchronize p4 checkout in %s" % self.clientPath
else: