git-remote-testgit: further remove some bashisms
[gitweb.git] / git-p4.py
index 8dbcdc3b8b38c97ae64d17e73dda4c1de2df1660..911bbce6c5d4e19243e50d5916005872ac672961 100755 (executable)
--- a/git-p4.py
+++ b/git-p4.py
@@ -7,10 +7,36 @@
 #            2007 Trolltech ASA
 # License: MIT <http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php>
 #
-
-import optparse, sys, os, marshal, subprocess, shelve
-import tempfile, getopt, os.path, time, platform
-import re, shutil
+import sys
+if sys.hexversion < 0x02040000:
+    # The limiter is the subprocess module
+    sys.stderr.write("git-p4: requires Python 2.4 or later.\n")
+    sys.exit(1)
+import os
+import optparse
+import marshal
+import subprocess
+import tempfile
+import time
+import platform
+import re
+import shutil
+import stat
+
+try:
+    from subprocess import CalledProcessError
+except ImportError:
+    # from python2.7:subprocess.py
+    # Exception classes used by this module.
+    class CalledProcessError(Exception):
+        """This exception is raised when a process run by check_call() returns
+        a non-zero exit status.  The exit status will be stored in the
+        returncode attribute."""
+        def __init__(self, returncode, cmd):
+            self.returncode = returncode
+            self.cmd = cmd
+        def __str__(self):
+            return "Command '%s' returned non-zero exit status %d" % (self.cmd, self.returncode)
 
 verbose = False
 
@@ -53,12 +79,27 @@ def p4_build_cmd(cmd):
         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:
@@ -129,17 +170,56 @@ def p4_has_command(cmd):
     p.communicate()
     return p.returncode == 0
 
+def p4_has_move_command():
+    """See if the move command exists, that it supports -k, and that
+       it has not been administratively disabled.  The arguments
+       must be correct, but the filenames do not have to exist.  Use
+       ones with wildcards so even if they exist, it will fail."""
+
+    if not p4_has_command("move"):
+        return False
+    cmd = p4_build_cmd(["move", "-k", "@from", "@to"])
+    p = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+    (out, err) = p.communicate()
+    # return code will be 1 in either case
+    if err.find("Invalid option") >= 0:
+        return False
+    if err.find("disabled") >= 0:
+        return False
+    # assume it failed because @... was invalid changelist
+    return True
+
 def system(cmd):
     expand = isinstance(cmd,basestring)
     if verbose:
         sys.stderr.write("executing %s\n" % str(cmd))
-    subprocess.check_call(cmd, shell=expand)
+    retcode = subprocess.call(cmd, shell=expand)
+    if retcode:
+        raise CalledProcessError(retcode, cmd)
 
 def p4_system(cmd):
     """Specifically invoke p4 as the system command. """
     real_cmd = p4_build_cmd(cmd)
     expand = isinstance(real_cmd, basestring)
-    subprocess.check_call(real_cmd, shell=expand)
+    retcode = subprocess.call(real_cmd, shell=expand)
+    if retcode:
+        raise CalledProcessError(retcode, real_cmd)
+
+_p4_version_string = None
+def p4_version_string():
+    """Read the version string, showing just the last line, which
+       hopefully is the interesting version bit.
+
+       $ p4 -V
+       Perforce - The Fast Software Configuration Management System.
+       Copyright 1995-2011 Perforce Software.  All rights reserved.
+       Rev. P4/NTX86/2011.1/393975 (2011/12/16).
+    """
+    global _p4_version_string
+    if not _p4_version_string:
+        a = p4_read_pipe_lines(["-V"])
+        _p4_version_string = a[-1].rstrip()
+    return _p4_version_string
 
 def p4_integrate(src, dest):
     p4_system(["integrate", "-Dt", wildcard_encode(src), wildcard_encode(dest)])
@@ -169,6 +249,29 @@ def p4_reopen(type, f):
 def p4_move(src, dest):
     p4_system(["move", "-k", wildcard_encode(src), wildcard_encode(dest)])
 
+def p4_describe(change):
+    """Make sure it returns a valid result by checking for
+       the presence of field "time".  Return a dict of the
+       results."""
+
+    ds = p4CmdList(["describe", "-s", str(change)])
+    if len(ds) != 1:
+        die("p4 describe -s %d did not return 1 result: %s" % (change, str(ds)))
+
+    d = ds[0]
+
+    if "p4ExitCode" in d:
+        die("p4 describe -s %d exited with %d: %s" % (change, d["p4ExitCode"],
+                                                      str(d)))
+    if "code" in d:
+        if d["code"] == "error":
+            die("p4 describe -s %d returned error code: %s" % (change, str(d)))
+
+    if "time" not in d:
+        die("p4 describe -s %d returned no \"time\": %s" % (change, str(d)))
+
+    return d
+
 #
 # Canonicalize the p4 type and return a tuple of the
 # base type, plus any modifiers.  See "p4 help filetypes"
@@ -491,43 +594,75 @@ def gitBranchExists(branch):
     return proc.wait() == 0;
 
 _gitConfig = {}
-def gitConfig(key, args = None): # set args to "--bool", for instance
+
+def gitConfig(key):
+    if not _gitConfig.has_key(key):
+        cmd = [ "git", "config", key ]
+        s = read_pipe(cmd, ignore_error=True)
+        _gitConfig[key] = s.strip()
+    return _gitConfig[key]
+
+def gitConfigBool(key):
+    """Return a bool, using git config --bool.  It is True only if the
+       variable is set to true, and False if set to false or not present
+       in the config."""
+
     if not _gitConfig.has_key(key):
-        argsFilter = ""
-        if args != None:
-            argsFilter = "%s " % args
-        cmd = "git config %s%s" % (argsFilter, key)
-        _gitConfig[key] = read_pipe(cmd, ignore_error=True).strip()
+        cmd = [ "git", "config", "--bool", key ]
+        s = read_pipe(cmd, ignore_error=True)
+        v = s.strip()
+        _gitConfig[key] = v == "true"
     return _gitConfig[key]
 
 def gitConfigList(key):
     if not _gitConfig.has_key(key):
-        _gitConfig[key] = read_pipe("git config --get-all %s" % key, ignore_error=True).strip().split(os.linesep)
+        s = read_pipe(["git", "config", "--get-all", key], ignore_error=True)
+        _gitConfig[key] = s.strip().split(os.linesep)
     return _gitConfig[key]
 
-def p4BranchesInGit(branchesAreInRemotes = True):
+def p4BranchesInGit(branchesAreInRemotes=True):
+    """Find all the branches whose names start with "p4/", looking
+       in remotes or heads as specified by the argument.  Return
+       a dictionary of { branch: revision } for each one found.
+       The branch names are the short names, without any
+       "p4/" prefix."""
+
     branches = {}
 
     cmdline = "git rev-parse --symbolic "
     if branchesAreInRemotes:
-        cmdline += " --remotes"
+        cmdline += "--remotes"
     else:
-        cmdline += " --branches"
+        cmdline += "--branches"
 
     for line in read_pipe_lines(cmdline):
         line = line.strip()
 
-        ## only import to p4/
-        if not line.startswith('p4/') or line == "p4/HEAD":
+        # only import to p4/
+        if not line.startswith('p4/'):
+            continue
+        # special symbolic ref to p4/master
+        if line == "p4/HEAD":
             continue
-        branch = line
 
-        # strip off p4
-        branch = re.sub ("^p4/", "", line)
+        # strip off p4/ prefix
+        branch = line[len("p4/"):]
 
         branches[branch] = parseRevision(line)
+
     return branches
 
+def branch_exists(branch):
+    """Make sure that the given ref name really exists."""
+
+    cmd = [ "git", "rev-parse", "--symbolic", "--verify", branch ]
+    p = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+    out, _ = p.communicate()
+    if p.returncode:
+        return False
+    # expect exactly one line of output: the branch name
+    return out.rstrip() == branch
+
 def findUpstreamBranchPoint(head = "HEAD"):
     branches = p4BranchesInGit()
     # map from depot-path to branch name
@@ -629,8 +764,7 @@ def p4PathStartsWith(path, prefix):
     #
     # we may or may not have a problem. If you have core.ignorecase=true,
     # we treat DirA and dira as the same directory
-    ignorecase = gitConfig("core.ignorecase", "--bool") == "true"
-    if ignorecase:
+    if gitConfigBool("core.ignorecase"):
         return path.lower().startswith(prefix.lower())
     return path.startswith(prefix)
 
@@ -700,7 +834,8 @@ def wildcard_encode(path):
     return path
 
 def wildcard_present(path):
-    return path.translate(None, "*#@%") != path
+    m = re.search("[*#@%]", path)
+    return m is not None
 
 class Command:
     def __init__(self):
@@ -844,6 +979,9 @@ def run(self, args):
         return True
 
 class P4Submit(Command, P4UserMap):
+
+    conflict_behavior_choices = ("ask", "skip", "quit")
+
     def __init__(self):
         Command.__init__(self)
         P4UserMap.__init__(self)
@@ -853,15 +991,24 @@ def __init__(self):
                 # preserve the user, requires relevant p4 permissions
                 optparse.make_option("--preserve-user", dest="preserveUser", action="store_true"),
                 optparse.make_option("--export-labels", dest="exportLabels", action="store_true"),
+                optparse.make_option("--dry-run", "-n", dest="dry_run", action="store_true"),
+                optparse.make_option("--prepare-p4-only", dest="prepare_p4_only", action="store_true"),
+                optparse.make_option("--conflict", dest="conflict_behavior",
+                                     choices=self.conflict_behavior_choices),
+                optparse.make_option("--branch", dest="branch"),
         ]
         self.description = "Submit changes from git to the perforce depot."
         self.usage += " [name of git branch to submit into perforce depot]"
         self.origin = ""
         self.detectRenames = False
-        self.preserveUser = gitConfig("git-p4.preserveUser").lower() == "true"
+        self.preserveUser = gitConfigBool("git-p4.preserveUser")
+        self.dry_run = False
+        self.prepare_p4_only = False
+        self.conflict_behavior = None
         self.isWindows = (platform.system() == "Windows")
         self.exportLabels = False
-        self.p4HasMoveCommand = p4_has_command("move")
+        self.p4HasMoveCommand = p4_has_move_command()
+        self.branch = None
 
     def check(self):
         if len(p4CmdList("opened ...")) > 0:
@@ -949,7 +1096,8 @@ def patchRCSKeywords(self, file, pattern):
     def p4UserForCommit(self,id):
         # Return the tuple (perforce user,git email) for a given git commit id
         self.getUserMapFromPerforceServer()
-        gitEmail = read_pipe("git log --max-count=1 --format='%%ae' %s" % id)
+        gitEmail = read_pipe(["git", "log", "--max-count=1",
+                              "--format=%ae", id])
         gitEmail = gitEmail.strip()
         if not self.emails.has_key(gitEmail):
             return (None,gitEmail)
@@ -962,7 +1110,7 @@ def checkValidP4Users(self,commits):
             (user,email) = self.p4UserForCommit(id)
             if not user:
                 msg = "Cannot find p4 user for email %s in commit %s." % (email, id)
-                if gitConfig('git-p4.allowMissingP4Users').lower() == "true":
+                if gitConfigBool("git-p4.allowMissingP4Users"):
                     print "%s" % msg
                 else:
                     die("Error: %s\nSet git-p4.allowMissingP4Users to true to allow this." % msg)
@@ -1057,7 +1205,7 @@ def edit_template(self, template_file):
            message.  Return true if okay to continue with the submit."""
 
         # if configured to skip the editing part, just submit
-        if gitConfig("git-p4.skipSubmitEdit") == "true":
+        if gitConfigBool("git-p4.skipSubmitEdit"):
             return True
 
         # look at the modification time, to check later if the user saved
@@ -1073,7 +1221,7 @@ def edit_template(self, template_file):
 
         # If the file was not saved, prompt to see if this patch should
         # be skipped.  But skip this verification step if configured so.
-        if gitConfig("git-p4.skipSubmitEditCheck") == "true":
+        if gitConfigBool("git-p4.skipSubmitEditCheck"):
             return True
 
         # modification time updated means user saved the file
@@ -1088,7 +1236,10 @@ def edit_template(self, template_file):
                 return False
 
     def applyCommit(self, id):
-        print "Applying %s" % (read_pipe("git log --max-count=1 --pretty=oneline %s" % id))
+        """Apply one commit, return True if it succeeded."""
+
+        print "Applying", read_pipe(["git", "show", "-s",
+                                     "--format=format:%h %s", id])
 
         (p4User, gitEmail) = self.p4UserForCommit(id)
 
@@ -1128,6 +1279,9 @@ def applyCommit(self, id):
                     p4_edit(dest)
                     pureRenameCopy.discard(dest)
                     filesToChangeExecBit[dest] = diff['dst_mode']
+                if self.isWindows:
+                    # turn off read-only attribute
+                    os.chmod(dest, stat.S_IWRITE)
                 os.unlink(dest)
                 editedFiles.add(dest)
             elif modifier == "R":
@@ -1146,6 +1300,8 @@ def applyCommit(self, id):
                         p4_edit(dest)   # with move: already open, writable
                     filesToChangeExecBit[dest] = diff['dst_mode']
                 if not self.p4HasMoveCommand:
+                    if self.isWindows:
+                        os.chmod(dest, stat.S_IWRITE)
                     os.unlink(dest)
                     filesToDelete.add(src)
                 editedFiles.add(dest)
@@ -1165,7 +1321,7 @@ def applyCommit(self, id):
 
             # Patch failed, maybe it's just RCS keyword woes. Look through
             # the patch to see if that's possible.
-            if gitConfig("git-p4.attemptRCSCleanup","--bool") == "true":
+            if gitConfigBool("git-p4.attemptRCSCleanup"):
                 file = None
                 pattern = None
                 kwfiles = {}
@@ -1186,6 +1342,10 @@ def applyCommit(self, id):
                 for file in kwfiles:
                     if verbose:
                         print "zapping %s with %s" % (line,pattern)
+                    # File is being deleted, so not open in p4.  Must
+                    # disable the read-only bit on windows.
+                    if self.isWindows and file not in editedFiles:
+                        os.chmod(file, stat.S_IWRITE)
                     self.patchRCSKeywords(file, kwfiles[file])
                     fixed_rcs_keywords = True
 
@@ -1195,34 +1355,13 @@ def applyCommit(self, id):
                     patch_succeeded = True
 
         if not patch_succeeded:
-            print "What do you want to do?"
-            response = "x"
-            while response != "s" and response != "a" and response != "w":
-                response = raw_input("[s]kip this patch / [a]pply the patch forcibly "
-                                     "and with .rej files / [w]rite the patch to a file (patch.txt) ")
-            if response == "s":
-                print "Skipping! Good luck with the next patches..."
-                for f in editedFiles:
-                    p4_revert(f)
-                for f in filesToAdd:
-                    os.remove(f)
-                return
-            elif response == "a":
-                os.system(applyPatchCmd)
-                if len(filesToAdd) > 0:
-                    print "You may also want to call p4 add on the following files:"
-                    print " ".join(filesToAdd)
-                if len(filesToDelete):
-                    print "The following files should be scheduled for deletion with p4 delete:"
-                    print " ".join(filesToDelete)
-                die("Please resolve and submit the conflict manually and "
-                    + "continue afterwards with git p4 submit --continue")
-            elif response == "w":
-                system(diffcmd + " > patch.txt")
-                print "Patch saved to patch.txt in %s !" % self.clientPath
-                die("Please resolve and submit the conflict manually and "
-                    "continue afterwards with git p4 submit --continue")
+            for f in editedFiles:
+                p4_revert(f)
+            return False
 
+        #
+        # Apply the patch for real, and do add/delete/+x handling.
+        #
         system(applyPatchCmd)
 
         for f in filesToAdd:
@@ -1236,6 +1375,10 @@ def applyCommit(self, id):
             mode = filesToChangeExecBit[f]
             setP4ExecBit(f, mode)
 
+        #
+        # Build p4 change description, starting with the contents
+        # of the git commit message.
+        #
         logMessage = extractLogMessageFromGitCommit(id)
         logMessage = logMessage.strip()
         (logMessage, jobs) = self.separate_jobs_from_description(logMessage)
@@ -1244,8 +1387,16 @@ def applyCommit(self, id):
         submitTemplate = self.prepareLogMessage(template, logMessage, jobs)
 
         if self.preserveUser:
-           submitTemplate = submitTemplate + ("\n######## Actual user %s, modified after commit\n" % p4User)
+           submitTemplate += "\n######## Actual user %s, modified after commit\n" % p4User
 
+        if self.checkAuthorship and not self.p4UserIsMe(p4User):
+            submitTemplate += "######## git author %s does not match your p4 account.\n" % gitEmail
+            submitTemplate += "######## Use option --preserve-user to modify authorship.\n"
+            submitTemplate += "######## Variable git-p4.skipUserNameCheck hides this message.\n"
+
+        separatorLine = "######## everything below this line is just the diff #######\n"
+
+        # diff
         if os.environ.has_key("P4DIFF"):
             del(os.environ["P4DIFF"])
         diff = ""
@@ -1253,6 +1404,7 @@ def applyCommit(self, id):
             diff += p4_read_pipe(['diff', '-du',
                                   wildcard_encode(editedFile)])
 
+        # new file diff
         newdiff = ""
         for newFile in filesToAdd:
             newdiff += "==== new file ====\n"
@@ -1263,13 +1415,7 @@ def applyCommit(self, id):
                 newdiff += "+" + line
             f.close()
 
-        if self.checkAuthorship and not self.p4UserIsMe(p4User):
-            submitTemplate += "######## git author %s does not match your p4 account.\n" % gitEmail
-            submitTemplate += "######## Use option --preserve-user to modify authorship.\n"
-            submitTemplate += "######## Variable git-p4.skipUserNameCheck hides this message.\n"
-
-        separatorLine = "######## everything below this line is just the diff #######\n"
-
+        # change description file: submitTemplate, separatorLine, diff, newdiff
         (handle, fileName) = tempfile.mkstemp()
         tmpFile = os.fdopen(handle, "w+")
         if self.isWindows:
@@ -1279,8 +1425,47 @@ def applyCommit(self, id):
         tmpFile.write(submitTemplate + separatorLine + diff + newdiff)
         tmpFile.close()
 
+        if self.prepare_p4_only:
+            #
+            # Leave the p4 tree prepared, and the submit template around
+            # and let the user decide what to do next
+            #
+            print
+            print "P4 workspace prepared for submission."
+            print "To submit or revert, go to client workspace"
+            print "  " + self.clientPath
+            print
+            print "To submit, use \"p4 submit\" to write a new description,"
+            print "or \"p4 submit -i %s\" to use the one prepared by" \
+                  " \"git p4\"." % fileName
+            print "You can delete the file \"%s\" when finished." % fileName
+
+            if self.preserveUser and p4User and not self.p4UserIsMe(p4User):
+                print "To preserve change ownership by user %s, you must\n" \
+                      "do \"p4 change -f <change>\" after submitting and\n" \
+                      "edit the User field."
+            if pureRenameCopy:
+                print "After submitting, renamed files must be re-synced."
+                print "Invoke \"p4 sync -f\" on each of these files:"
+                for f in pureRenameCopy:
+                    print "  " + f
+
+            print
+            print "To revert the changes, use \"p4 revert ...\", and delete"
+            print "the submit template file \"%s\"" % fileName
+            if filesToAdd:
+                print "Since the commit adds new files, they must be deleted:"
+                for f in filesToAdd:
+                    print "  " + f
+            print
+            return True
+
+        #
+        # Let the user edit the change description, then submit it.
+        #
         if self.edit_template(fileName):
             # read the edited message and submit
+            ret = True
             tmpFile = open(fileName, "rb")
             message = tmpFile.read()
             tmpFile.close()
@@ -1304,14 +1489,18 @@ def applyCommit(self, id):
 
         else:
             # skip this patch
+            ret = False
             print "Submission cancelled, undoing p4 changes."
             for f in editedFiles:
                 p4_revert(f)
             for f in filesToAdd:
                 p4_revert(f)
                 os.remove(f)
+            for f in filesToDelete:
+                p4_revert(f)
 
         os.remove(fileName)
+        return ret
 
     # Export git tags as p4 labels. Create a p4 label and then tag
     # with that.
@@ -1369,14 +1558,20 @@ def exportGitTags(self, gitTags):
             for mapping in clientSpec.mappings:
                 labelTemplate += "\t%s\n" % mapping.depot_side.path
 
-            p4_write_pipe(["label", "-i"], labelTemplate)
+            if self.dry_run:
+                print "Would create p4 label %s for tag" % name
+            elif self.prepare_p4_only:
+                print "Not creating p4 label %s for tag due to option" \
+                      " --prepare-p4-only" % name
+            else:
+                p4_write_pipe(["label", "-i"], labelTemplate)
 
-            # Use the label
-            p4_system(["tag", "-l", name] +
-                      ["%s@%s" % (mapping.depot_side.path, changelist) for mapping in clientSpec.mappings])
+                # Use the label
+                p4_system(["tag", "-l", name] +
+                          ["%s@%s" % (mapping.depot_side.path, changelist) for mapping in clientSpec.mappings])
 
-            if verbose:
-                print "created p4 label for tag %s" % name
+                if verbose:
+                    print "created p4 label for tag %s" % name
 
     def run(self, args):
         if len(args) == 0:
@@ -1403,6 +1598,16 @@ def run(self, args):
             if not self.canChangeChangelists():
                 die("Cannot preserve user names without p4 super-user or admin permissions")
 
+        # if not set from the command line, try the config file
+        if self.conflict_behavior is None:
+            val = gitConfig("git-p4.conflict")
+            if val:
+                if val not in self.conflict_behavior_choices:
+                    die("Invalid value '%s' for config git-p4.conflict" % val)
+            else:
+                val = "ask"
+            self.conflict_behavior = val
+
         if self.verbose:
             print "Origin branch is " + self.origin
 
@@ -1411,7 +1616,7 @@ def run(self, args):
             sys.exit(128)
 
         self.useClientSpec = False
-        if gitConfig("git-p4.useclientspec", "--bool") == "true":
+        if gitConfigBool("git-p4.useclientspec"):
             self.useClientSpec = True
         if self.useClientSpec:
             self.clientSpecDirs = getClientSpec()
@@ -1434,21 +1639,24 @@ def run(self, args):
             new_client_dir = True
             os.makedirs(self.clientPath)
 
-        chdir(self.clientPath)
-        print "Synchronizing p4 checkout..."
-        if new_client_dir:
-            # old one was destroyed, and maybe nobody told p4
-            p4_sync("...", "-f")
+        chdir(self.clientPath, is_client_path=True)
+        if self.dry_run:
+            print "Would synchronize p4 checkout in %s" % self.clientPath
         else:
-            p4_sync("...")
+            print "Synchronizing p4 checkout..."
+            if new_client_dir:
+                # old one was destroyed, and maybe nobody told p4
+                p4_sync("...", "-f")
+            else:
+                p4_sync("...")
         self.check()
 
         commits = []
-        for line in read_pipe_lines("git rev-list --no-merges %s..%s" % (self.origin, self.master)):
+        for line in read_pipe_lines(["git", "rev-list", "--no-merges", "%s..%s" % (self.origin, self.master)]):
             commits.append(line.strip())
         commits.reverse()
 
-        if self.preserveUser or (gitConfig("git-p4.skipUserNameCheck") == "true"):
+        if self.preserveUser or gitConfigBool("git-p4.skipUserNameCheck"):
             self.checkAuthorship = False
         else:
             self.checkAuthorship = True
@@ -1484,25 +1692,91 @@ def run(self, args):
         else:
             self.diffOpts += " -C%s" % detectCopies
 
-        if gitConfig("git-p4.detectCopiesHarder", "--bool") == "true":
+        if gitConfigBool("git-p4.detectCopiesHarder"):
             self.diffOpts += " --find-copies-harder"
 
-        while len(commits) > 0:
-            commit = commits[0]
-            commits = commits[1:]
-            self.applyCommit(commit)
+        #
+        # Apply the commits, one at a time.  On failure, ask if should
+        # continue to try the rest of the patches, or quit.
+        #
+        if self.dry_run:
+            print "Would apply"
+        applied = []
+        last = len(commits) - 1
+        for i, commit in enumerate(commits):
+            if self.dry_run:
+                print " ", read_pipe(["git", "show", "-s",
+                                      "--format=format:%h %s", commit])
+                ok = True
+            else:
+                ok = self.applyCommit(commit)
+            if ok:
+                applied.append(commit)
+            else:
+                if self.prepare_p4_only and i < last:
+                    print "Processing only the first commit due to option" \
+                          " --prepare-p4-only"
+                    break
+                if i < last:
+                    quit = False
+                    while True:
+                        # prompt for what to do, or use the option/variable
+                        if self.conflict_behavior == "ask":
+                            print "What do you want to do?"
+                            response = raw_input("[s]kip this commit but apply"
+                                                 " the rest, or [q]uit? ")
+                            if not response:
+                                continue
+                        elif self.conflict_behavior == "skip":
+                            response = "s"
+                        elif self.conflict_behavior == "quit":
+                            response = "q"
+                        else:
+                            die("Unknown conflict_behavior '%s'" %
+                                self.conflict_behavior)
+
+                        if response[0] == "s":
+                            print "Skipping this commit, but applying the rest"
+                            break
+                        if response[0] == "q":
+                            print "Quitting"
+                            quit = True
+                            break
+                    if quit:
+                        break
 
-        if len(commits) == 0:
-            print "All changes applied!"
-            chdir(self.oldWorkingDirectory)
+        chdir(self.oldWorkingDirectory)
+
+        if self.dry_run:
+            pass
+        elif self.prepare_p4_only:
+            pass
+        elif len(commits) == len(applied):
+            print "All commits applied!"
 
             sync = P4Sync()
+            if self.branch:
+                sync.branch = self.branch
             sync.run([])
 
             rebase = P4Rebase()
             rebase.rebase()
 
-        if gitConfig("git-p4.exportLabels", "--bool") == "true":
+        else:
+            if len(applied) == 0:
+                print "No commits applied."
+            else:
+                print "Applied only the commits marked with '*':"
+                for c in commits:
+                    if c in applied:
+                        star = "*"
+                    else:
+                        star = " "
+                    print star, read_pipe(["git", "show", "-s",
+                                           "--format=format:%h %s",  c])
+                print "You will have to do 'git p4 sync' and rebase."
+
+        if gitConfigBool("git-p4.exportLabels"):
             self.exportLabels = True
 
         if self.exportLabels:
@@ -1512,6 +1786,10 @@ def run(self, args):
             missingGitTags = gitTags - p4Labels
             self.exportGitTags(missingGitTags)
 
+        # exit with error unless everything applied perfecly
+        if len(commits) != len(applied):
+                sys.exit(1)
+
         return True
 
 class View(object):
@@ -1768,7 +2046,6 @@ def __init__(self):
         self.syncWithOrigin = True
         self.importIntoRemotes = True
         self.maxChanges = ""
-        self.isWindows = (platform.system() == "Windows")
         self.keepRepoPath = False
         self.depotPaths = None
         self.p4BranchesInGit = []
@@ -1818,19 +2095,41 @@ def extractFilesFromCommit(self, commit):
         return files
 
     def stripRepoPath(self, path, prefixes):
-        if self.useClientSpec:
-            return self.clientSpecDirs.map_in_client(path)
+        """When streaming files, this is called to map a p4 depot path
+           to where it should go in git.  The prefixes are either
+           self.depotPaths, or self.branchPrefixes in the case of
+           branch detection."""
 
-        if self.keepRepoPath:
-            prefixes = [re.sub("^(//[^/]+/).*", r'\1', prefixes[0])]
+        if self.useClientSpec:
+            # branch detection moves files up a level (the branch name)
+            # from what client spec interpretation gives
+            path = self.clientSpecDirs.map_in_client(path)
+            if self.detectBranches:
+                for b in self.knownBranches:
+                    if path.startswith(b + "/"):
+                        path = path[len(b)+1:]
+
+        elif self.keepRepoPath:
+            # Preserve everything in relative path name except leading
+            # //depot/; just look at first prefix as they all should
+            # be in the same depot.
+            depot = re.sub("^(//[^/]+/).*", r'\1', prefixes[0])
+            if p4PathStartsWith(path, depot):
+                path = path[len(depot):]
 
-        for p in prefixes:
-            if p4PathStartsWith(path, p):
-                path = path[len(p):]
+        else:
+            for p in prefixes:
+                if p4PathStartsWith(path, p):
+                    path = path[len(p):]
+                    break
 
+        path = wildcard_decode(path)
         return path
 
     def splitFilesIntoBranches(self, commit):
+        """Look at each depotFile in the commit to figure out to what
+           branch it belongs."""
+
         branches = {}
         fnum = 0
         while commit.has_key("depotFile%s" % fnum):
@@ -1848,12 +2147,16 @@ def splitFilesIntoBranches(self, commit):
             file["type"] = commit["type%s" % fnum]
             fnum = fnum + 1
 
-            relPath = self.stripRepoPath(path, self.depotPaths)
-            relPath = wildcard_decode(relPath)
+            # start with the full relative path where this file would
+            # go in a p4 client
+            if self.useClientSpec:
+                relPath = self.clientSpecDirs.map_in_client(path)
+            else:
+                relPath = self.stripRepoPath(path, self.depotPaths)
 
             for branch in self.knownBranches.keys():
-
-                # add a trailing slash so that a commit into qt/4.2foo doesn't end up in qt/4.2
+                # add a trailing slash so that a commit into qt/4.2foo
+                # doesn't end up in qt/4.2, e.g.
                 if relPath.startswith(branch + "/"):
                     if branch not in branches:
                         branches[branch] = []
@@ -1867,7 +2170,6 @@ def splitFilesIntoBranches(self, commit):
 
     def streamOneP4File(self, file, contents):
         relPath = self.stripRepoPath(file['depotFile'], self.branchPrefixes)
-        relPath = wildcard_decode(relPath)
         if verbose:
             sys.stderr.write("%s\n" % relPath)
 
@@ -1888,7 +2190,14 @@ def streamOneP4File(self, file, contents):
             # operations.  utf16 is converted to ascii or utf8, perhaps.
             # But ascii text saved as -t utf16 is completely mangled.
             # Invoke print -o to get the real contents.
+            #
+            # On windows, the newlines will always be mangled by print, so put
+            # them back too.  This is not needed to the cygwin windows version,
+            # just the native "NT" type.
+            #
             text = p4_read_pipe(['print', '-q', '-o', '-', file['depotFile']])
+            if p4_version_string().find("/NT") >= 0:
+                text = text.replace("\r\n", "\n")
             contents = [ text ]
 
         if type_base == "apple":
@@ -1904,15 +2213,6 @@ def streamOneP4File(self, file, contents):
             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":
-            mangled = []
-            for data in contents:
-                data = data.replace("\r\n", "\n")
-                mangled.append(data)
-            contents = mangled
-
         # Note that we do not try to de-mangle keywords on utf16 files,
         # even though in theory somebody may want that.
         pattern = p4_keywords_regexp_for_type(type_base, type_mods)
@@ -1936,7 +2236,6 @@ def streamOneP4File(self, file, contents):
 
     def streamOneP4Deletion(self, file):
         relPath = self.stripRepoPath(file['path'], self.branchPrefixes)
-        relPath = wildcard_decode(relPath)
         if verbose:
             sys.stderr.write("delete %s\n" % relPath)
         self.gitStream.write("D %s\n" % relPath)
@@ -1944,6 +2243,29 @@ def streamOneP4Deletion(self, file):
     # handle another chunk of streaming data
     def streamP4FilesCb(self, marshalled):
 
+        # catch p4 errors and complain
+        err = None
+        if "code" in marshalled:
+            if marshalled["code"] == "error":
+                if "data" in marshalled:
+                    err = marshalled["data"].rstrip()
+        if err:
+            f = None
+            if self.stream_have_file_info:
+                if "depotFile" in self.stream_file:
+                    f = self.stream_file["depotFile"]
+            # force a failure in fast-import, else an empty
+            # commit will be made
+            self.gitStream.write("\n")
+            self.gitStream.write("die-now\n")
+            self.gitStream.close()
+            # ignore errors, but make sure it exits first
+            self.importProcess.wait()
+            if f:
+                die("Error from p4 print for %s: %s" % (f, err))
+            else:
+                die("Error from p4 print: %s" % err)
+
         if marshalled.has_key('depotFile') and self.stream_have_file_info:
             # start of a new file - output the old one first
             self.streamOneP4File(self.stream_file, self.stream_contents)
@@ -2041,10 +2363,9 @@ def streamTag(self, gitStream, labelName, labelDetails, commit, epoch):
         gitStream.write(description)
         gitStream.write("\n")
 
-    def commit(self, details, files, branch, branchPrefixes, parent = ""):
+    def commit(self, details, files, branch, parent = ""):
         epoch = details["time"]
         author = details["user"]
-        self.branchPrefixes = branchPrefixes
 
         if self.verbose:
             print "commit into %s" % branch
@@ -2053,7 +2374,7 @@ def commit(self, details, files, branch, branchPrefixes, parent = ""):
         # create a commit.
         new_files = []
         for f in files:
-            if [p for p in branchPrefixes if p4PathStartsWith(f['path'], p)]:
+            if [p for p in self.branchPrefixes if p4PathStartsWith(f['path'], p)]:
                 new_files.append (f)
             else:
                 sys.stderr.write("Ignoring file outside of prefix: %s\n" % f['path'])
@@ -2070,8 +2391,8 @@ def commit(self, details, files, branch, branchPrefixes, parent = ""):
 
         self.gitStream.write("data <<EOT\n")
         self.gitStream.write(details["desc"])
-        self.gitStream.write("\n[git-p4: depot-paths = \"%s\": change = %s"
-                             % (','.join (branchPrefixes), details["change"]))
+        self.gitStream.write("\n[git-p4: depot-paths = \"%s\": change = %s" %
+                             (','.join(self.branchPrefixes), details["change"]))
         if len(details['options']) > 0:
             self.gitStream.write(": options = %s" % details['options'])
         self.gitStream.write("]\nEOT\n\n")
@@ -2094,7 +2415,7 @@ def commit(self, details, files, branch, branchPrefixes, parent = ""):
                 print "Change %s is labelled %s" % (change, labelDetails)
 
             files = p4CmdList(["files"] + ["%s...@%s" % (p, change)
-                                                    for p in branchPrefixes])
+                                                for p in self.branchPrefixes])
 
             if len(files) == len(labelRevisions):
 
@@ -2189,7 +2510,7 @@ def importP4Labels(self, stream, p4Labels):
                     try:
                         tmwhen = time.strptime(labelDetails['Update'], "%Y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S")
                     except ValueError:
-                        print "Could not convert label time %s" % labelDetail['Update']
+                        print "Could not convert label time %s" % labelDetails['Update']
                         tmwhen = 1
 
                     when = int(time.mktime(tmwhen))
@@ -2286,13 +2607,6 @@ def getBranchMappingFromGitBranches(self):
                 branch = branch[len(self.projectName):]
             self.knownBranches[branch] = branch
 
-    def listExistingP4GitBranches(self):
-        # branches holds mapping from name to commit
-        branches = p4BranchesInGit(self.importIntoRemotes)
-        self.p4BranchesInGit = branches.keys()
-        for branch in branches.keys():
-            self.initialParents[self.refPrefix + branch] = branches[branch]
-
     def updateOptionDict(self, d):
         option_keys = {}
         if self.keepRepoPath:
@@ -2376,7 +2690,8 @@ def importNewBranch(self, branch, maxChange):
 
     def searchParent(self, parent, branch, target):
         parentFound = False
-        for blob in read_pipe_lines(["git", "rev-list", "--reverse", "--no-merges", parent]):
+        for blob in read_pipe_lines(["git", "rev-list", "--reverse",
+                                     "--no-merges", parent]):
             blob = blob.strip()
             if len(read_pipe(["git", "diff-tree", blob, target])) == 0:
                 parentFound = True
@@ -2391,7 +2706,7 @@ def searchParent(self, parent, branch, target):
     def importChanges(self, changes):
         cnt = 1
         for change in changes:
-            description = p4Cmd(["describe", str(change)])
+            description = p4_describe(change)
             self.updateOptionDict(description)
 
             if not self.silent:
@@ -2405,6 +2720,7 @@ def importChanges(self, changes):
                     for branch in branches.keys():
                         ## HACK  --hwn
                         branchPrefix = self.depotPaths[0] + branch + "/"
+                        self.branchPrefixes = [ branchPrefix ]
 
                         parent = ""
 
@@ -2446,23 +2762,24 @@ def importChanges(self, changes):
 
                         blob = None
                         if len(parent) > 0:
-                            tempBranch = os.path.join(self.tempBranchLocation, "%d" % (change))
+                            tempBranch = "%s/%d" % (self.tempBranchLocation, change)
                             if self.verbose:
                                 print "Creating temporary branch: " + tempBranch
-                            self.commit(description, filesForCommit, tempBranch, [branchPrefix])
+                            self.commit(description, filesForCommit, tempBranch)
                             self.tempBranches.append(tempBranch)
                             self.checkpoint()
                             blob = self.searchParent(parent, branch, tempBranch)
                         if blob:
-                            self.commit(description, filesForCommit, branch, [branchPrefix], blob)
+                            self.commit(description, filesForCommit, branch, blob)
                         else:
                             if self.verbose:
                                 print "Parent of %s not found. Committing into head of %s" % (branch, parent)
-                            self.commit(description, filesForCommit, branch, [branchPrefix], parent)
+                            self.commit(description, filesForCommit, branch, parent)
                 else:
                     files = self.extractFilesFromCommit(description)
-                    self.commit(description, files, self.branch, self.depotPaths,
+                    self.commit(description, files, self.branch,
                                 self.initialParent)
+                    # only needed once, to connect to the previous commit
                     self.initialParent = ""
             except IOError:
                 print self.gitError.read()
@@ -2514,18 +2831,12 @@ def importHeadRevision(self, revision):
 
         # Use time from top-most change so that all git p4 clones of
         # the same p4 repo have the same commit SHA1s.
-        res = p4CmdList("describe -s %d" % newestRevision)
-        newestTime = None
-        for r in res:
-            if r.has_key('time'):
-                newestTime = int(r['time'])
-        if newestTime is None:
-            die("\"describe -s\" on newest change %d did not give a time")
-        details["time"] = newestTime
+        res = p4_describe(newestRevision)
+        details["time"] = res["time"]
 
         self.updateOptionDict(details)
         try:
-            self.commit(details, self.extractFilesFromCommit(details), self.branch, self.depotPaths)
+            self.commit(details, self.extractFilesFromCommit(details), self.branch)
         except IOError:
             print "IO error with git fast-import. Is your git version recent enough?"
             print self.gitError.read()
@@ -2534,41 +2845,38 @@ def importHeadRevision(self, revision):
     def run(self, args):
         self.depotPaths = []
         self.changeRange = ""
-        self.initialParent = ""
         self.previousDepotPaths = []
+        self.hasOrigin = False
 
         # map from branch depot path to parent branch
         self.knownBranches = {}
         self.initialParents = {}
-        self.hasOrigin = originP4BranchesExist()
-        if not self.syncWithOrigin:
-            self.hasOrigin = False
 
         if self.importIntoRemotes:
             self.refPrefix = "refs/remotes/p4/"
         else:
             self.refPrefix = "refs/heads/p4/"
 
-        if self.syncWithOrigin and self.hasOrigin:
-            if not self.silent:
-                print "Syncing with origin first by calling git fetch origin"
-            system("git fetch origin")
+        if self.syncWithOrigin:
+            self.hasOrigin = originP4BranchesExist()
+            if self.hasOrigin:
+                if not self.silent:
+                    print 'Syncing with origin first, using "git fetch origin"'
+                system("git fetch origin")
 
+        branch_arg_given = bool(self.branch)
         if len(self.branch) == 0:
             self.branch = self.refPrefix + "master"
             if gitBranchExists("refs/heads/p4") and self.importIntoRemotes:
                 system("git update-ref %s refs/heads/p4" % self.branch)
-                system("git branch -D p4");
-            # create it /after/ importing, when master exists
-            if not gitBranchExists(self.refPrefix + "HEAD") and self.importIntoRemotes and gitBranchExists(self.branch):
-                system("git symbolic-ref %sHEAD %s" % (self.refPrefix, self.branch))
+                system("git branch -D p4")
 
         # accept either the command-line option, or the configuration variable
         if self.useClientSpec:
             # will use this after clone to set the variable
             self.useClientSpec_from_options = True
         else:
-            if gitConfig("git-p4.useclientspec", "--bool") == "true":
+            if gitConfigBool("git-p4.useclientspec"):
                 self.useClientSpec = True
         if self.useClientSpec:
             self.clientSpecDirs = getClientSpec()
@@ -2578,12 +2886,25 @@ def run(self, args):
         if args == []:
             if self.hasOrigin:
                 createOrUpdateBranchesFromOrigin(self.refPrefix, self.silent)
-            self.listExistingP4GitBranches()
+
+            # branches holds mapping from branch name to sha1
+            branches = p4BranchesInGit(self.importIntoRemotes)
+
+            # restrict to just this one, disabling detect-branches
+            if branch_arg_given:
+                short = self.branch.split("/")[-1]
+                if short in branches:
+                    self.p4BranchesInGit = [ short ]
+            else:
+                self.p4BranchesInGit = branches.keys()
 
             if len(self.p4BranchesInGit) > 1:
                 if not self.silent:
                     print "Importing from/into multiple branches"
                 self.detectBranches = True
+                for branch in branches.keys():
+                    self.initialParents[self.refPrefix + branch] = \
+                        branches[branch]
 
             if self.verbose:
                 print "branches: %s" % self.p4BranchesInGit
@@ -2620,13 +2941,21 @@ def run(self, args):
             if p4Change > 0:
                 self.depotPaths = sorted(self.previousDepotPaths)
                 self.changeRange = "@%s,#head" % p4Change
-                if not self.detectBranches:
-                    self.initialParent = parseRevision(self.branch)
                 if not self.silent and not self.detectBranches:
                     print "Performing incremental import into %s git branch" % self.branch
 
+        # accept multiple ref name abbreviations:
+        #    refs/foo/bar/branch -> use it exactly
+        #    p4/branch -> prepend refs/remotes/ or refs/heads/
+        #    branch -> prepend refs/remotes/p4/ or refs/heads/p4/
         if not self.branch.startswith("refs/"):
-            self.branch = "refs/heads/" + self.branch
+            if self.importIntoRemotes:
+                prepend = "refs/remotes/"
+            else:
+                prepend = "refs/heads/"
+            if not self.branch.startswith("p4/"):
+                prepend += "p4/"
+            self.branch = prepend + self.branch
 
         if len(args) == 0 and self.depotPaths:
             if not self.silent:
@@ -2683,6 +3012,9 @@ def run(self, args):
 
         self.depotPaths = newPaths
 
+        # --detect-branches may change this for each branch
+        self.branchPrefixes = self.depotPaths
+
         self.loadUserMapFromCache()
         self.labels = {}
         if self.detectLabels:
@@ -2708,12 +3040,13 @@ def run(self, args):
 
         self.tz = "%+03d%02d" % (- time.timezone / 3600, ((- time.timezone % 3600) / 60))
 
-        importProcess = subprocess.Popen(["git", "fast-import"],
-                                         stdin=subprocess.PIPE, stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
-                                         stderr=subprocess.PIPE);
-        self.gitOutput = importProcess.stdout
-        self.gitStream = importProcess.stdin
-        self.gitError = importProcess.stderr
+        self.importProcess = subprocess.Popen(["git", "fast-import"],
+                                              stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
+                                              stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+                                              stderr=subprocess.PIPE);
+        self.gitOutput = self.importProcess.stdout
+        self.gitStream = self.importProcess.stdin
+        self.gitError = self.importProcess.stderr
 
         if revision:
             self.importHeadRevision(revision)
@@ -2733,8 +3066,21 @@ def run(self, args):
             else:
                 # catch "git p4 sync" with no new branches, in a repo that
                 # does not have any existing p4 branches
-                if len(args) == 0 and not self.p4BranchesInGit:
-                    die("No remote p4 branches.  Perhaps you never did \"git p4 clone\" in here.");
+                if len(args) == 0:
+                    if not self.p4BranchesInGit:
+                        die("No remote p4 branches.  Perhaps you never did \"git p4 clone\" in here.")
+
+                    # The default branch is master, unless --branch is used to
+                    # specify something else.  Make sure it exists, or complain
+                    # nicely about how to use --branch.
+                    if not self.detectBranches:
+                        if not branch_exists(self.branch):
+                            if branch_arg_given:
+                                die("Error: branch %s does not exist." % self.branch)
+                            else:
+                                die("Error: no branch %s; perhaps specify one with --branch." %
+                                    self.branch)
+
                 if self.verbose:
                     print "Getting p4 changes for %s...%s" % (', '.join(self.depotPaths),
                                                               self.changeRange)
@@ -2752,6 +3098,14 @@ def run(self, args):
 
                 self.updatedBranches = set()
 
+                if not self.detectBranches:
+                    if args:
+                        # start a new branch
+                        self.initialParent = ""
+                    else:
+                        # build on a previous revision
+                        self.initialParent = parseRevision(self.branch)
+
                 self.importChanges(changes)
 
                 if not self.silent:
@@ -2762,7 +3116,7 @@ def run(self, args):
                             sys.stdout.write("%s " % b)
                         sys.stdout.write("\n")
 
-        if gitConfig("git-p4.importLabels", "--bool") == "true":
+        if gitConfigBool("git-p4.importLabels"):
             self.importLabels = True
 
         if self.importLabels:
@@ -2773,7 +3127,7 @@ def run(self, args):
             self.importP4Labels(self.gitStream, missingP4Labels)
 
         self.gitStream.close()
-        if importProcess.wait() != 0:
+        if self.importProcess.wait() != 0:
             die("fast-import failed: %s" % self.gitError.read())
         self.gitOutput.close()
         self.gitError.close()
@@ -2784,6 +3138,13 @@ def run(self, args):
                 read_pipe("git update-ref -d %s" % branch)
             os.rmdir(os.path.join(os.environ.get("GIT_DIR", ".git"), self.tempBranchLocation))
 
+        # Create a symbolic ref p4/HEAD pointing to p4/<branch> to allow
+        # a convenient shortcut refname "p4".
+        if self.importIntoRemotes:
+            head_ref = self.refPrefix + "HEAD"
+            if not gitBranchExists(head_ref) and gitBranchExists(self.branch):
+                system(["git", "symbolic-ref", head_ref, self.branch])
+
         return True
 
 class P4Rebase(Command):
@@ -2873,6 +3234,7 @@ def run(self, args):
         self.cloneExclude = ["/"+p for p in self.cloneExclude]
         for p in depotPaths:
             if not p.startswith("//"):
+                sys.stderr.write('Depot paths must start with "//": %s\n' % p)
                 return False
 
         if not self.cloneDestination:
@@ -2887,21 +3249,21 @@ def run(self, args):
         init_cmd = [ "git", "init" ]
         if self.cloneBare:
             init_cmd.append("--bare")
-        subprocess.check_call(init_cmd)
+        retcode = subprocess.call(init_cmd)
+        if retcode:
+            raise CalledProcessError(retcode, init_cmd)
 
         if not P4Sync.run(self, depotPaths):
             return False
-        if self.branch != "master":
-            if self.importIntoRemotes:
-                masterbranch = "refs/remotes/p4/master"
-            else:
-                masterbranch = "refs/heads/p4/master"
-            if gitBranchExists(masterbranch):
-                system("git branch master %s" % masterbranch)
-                if not self.cloneBare:
-                    system("git checkout -f")
-            else:
-                print "Could not detect main branch. No checkout/master branch created."
+
+        # create a master branch and check out a work tree
+        if gitBranchExists(self.branch):
+            system([ "git", "branch", "master", self.branch ])
+            if not self.cloneBare:
+                system([ "git", "checkout", "-f" ])
+        else:
+            print 'Not checking out any branch, use ' \
+                  '"git checkout -q -b master <branch>"'
 
         # auto-set this variable if invoked with --use-client-spec
         if self.useClientSpec_from_options:
@@ -2972,7 +3334,6 @@ def main():
         printUsage(commands.keys())
         sys.exit(2)
 
-    cmd = ""
     cmdName = sys.argv[1]
     try:
         klass = commands[cmdName]
@@ -2988,7 +3349,7 @@ def main():
 
     args = sys.argv[2:]
 
-    options.append(optparse.make_option("--verbose", dest="verbose", action="store_true"))
+    options.append(optparse.make_option("--verbose", "-v", dest="verbose", action="store_true"))
     if cmd.needsGit:
         options.append(optparse.make_option("--git-dir", dest="gitdir"))