Merge branch 'tk/doc-filter-branch' into maint-1.8.1

diff --git a/contrib/remote-helpers/git-remote-hg b/contrib/remote-helpers/git-remote-hg
index 62c39db5b40c43b1098eb55eb689a4fb8b981f38..c7006000a6f4a19fa4e5f4bf3fc543d4756a1f4d 100755 (executable)
--- a/contrib/remote-helpers/git-remote-hg
+++ b/contrib/remote-helpers/git-remote-hg
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import urllib
 # hg:
 # Emulate hg-git.
 # Only hg bookmarks are exported as git branches.
-# Commits are modified to preserve hg information and allow biridectionality.
+# Commits are modified to preserve hg information and allow bidirectionality.
 #
 
 NAME_RE = re.compile('^([^<>]+)')
@@ -56,6 +56,12 @@ def hgmode(mode):
     m = { '0100755': 'x', '0120000': 'l' }
     return m.get(mode, '')
 
+def get_config(config):
+    cmd = ['git', 'config', '--get', config]
+    process = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+    output, _ = process.communicate()
+    return output
+
 class Marks:
 
     def __init__(self, path):
@@ -727,12 +733,10 @@ def main(args):
     hg_git_compat = False
     track_branches = True
     try:
-        cmd = ['git', 'config', '--get', 'remote-hg.hg-git-compat']
-        if subprocess.check_output(cmd) == 'true\n':
+        if get_config('remote-hg.hg-git-compat') == 'true\n':
             hg_git_compat = True
             track_branches = False
-        cmd = ['git', 'config', '--get', 'remote-hg.track-branches']
-        if subprocess.check_output(cmd) == 'false\n':
+        if get_config('remote-hg.track-branches') == 'false\n':
             track_branches = False
     except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
         pass