git-p4: add initial support for RCS keywords
[gitweb.git] / contrib / fast-import / git-p4
index 2f7b270566471ebe8088cd2f024c0ca5e49eee4c..c8b6c8abe47ec1c1b8a71ebc78db2d76aa43c444 100755 (executable)
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 import optparse, sys, os, marshal, subprocess, shelve
 import tempfile, getopt, os.path, time, platform
-import re
+import re, shutil
 
 verbose = False
 
@@ -22,37 +22,41 @@ def p4_build_cmd(cmd):
     location. It means that hooking into the environment, or other configuration
     can be done more easily.
     """
-    real_cmd = "%s " % "p4"
+    real_cmd = ["p4"]
 
     user = gitConfig("git-p4.user")
     if len(user) > 0:
-        real_cmd += "-u %s " % user
+        real_cmd += ["-u",user]
 
     password = gitConfig("git-p4.password")
     if len(password) > 0:
-        real_cmd += "-P %s " % password
+        real_cmd += ["-P", password]
 
     port = gitConfig("git-p4.port")
     if len(port) > 0:
-        real_cmd += "-p %s " % port
+        real_cmd += ["-p", port]
 
     host = gitConfig("git-p4.host")
     if len(host) > 0:
-        real_cmd += "-h %s " % host
+        real_cmd += ["-h", host]
 
     client = gitConfig("git-p4.client")
     if len(client) > 0:
-        real_cmd += "-c %s " % client
+        real_cmd += ["-c", client]
 
-    real_cmd += "%s" % (cmd)
-    if verbose:
-        print real_cmd
+
+    if isinstance(cmd,basestring):
+        real_cmd = ' '.join(real_cmd) + ' ' + cmd
+    else:
+        real_cmd += cmd
     return real_cmd
 
 def chdir(dir):
-    if os.name == 'nt':
-        os.environ['PWD']=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 die(msg):
     if verbose:
@@ -61,29 +65,34 @@ def die(msg):
         sys.stderr.write(msg + "\n")
         sys.exit(1)
 
-def write_pipe(c, str):
+def write_pipe(c, stdin):
     if verbose:
-        sys.stderr.write('Writing pipe: %s\n' % c)
+        sys.stderr.write('Writing pipe: %s\n' % str(c))
 
-    pipe = os.popen(c, 'w')
-    val = pipe.write(str)
-    if pipe.close():
-        die('Command failed: %s' % c)
+    expand = isinstance(c,basestring)
+    p = subprocess.Popen(c, stdin=subprocess.PIPE, shell=expand)
+    pipe = p.stdin
+    val = pipe.write(stdin)
+    pipe.close()
+    if p.wait():
+        die('Command failed: %s' % str(c))
 
     return val
 
-def p4_write_pipe(c, str):
+def p4_write_pipe(c, stdin):
     real_cmd = p4_build_cmd(c)
-    return write_pipe(real_cmd, str)
+    return write_pipe(real_cmd, stdin)
 
 def read_pipe(c, ignore_error=False):
     if verbose:
-        sys.stderr.write('Reading pipe: %s\n' % c)
+        sys.stderr.write('Reading pipe: %s\n' % str(c))
 
-    pipe = os.popen(c, 'rb')
+    expand = isinstance(c,basestring)
+    p = subprocess.Popen(c, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, shell=expand)
+    pipe = p.stdout
     val = pipe.read()
-    if pipe.close() and not ignore_error:
-        die('Command failed: %s' % c)
+    if p.wait() and not ignore_error:
+        die('Command failed: %s' % str(c))
 
     return val
 
@@ -93,12 +102,14 @@ def p4_read_pipe(c, ignore_error=False):
 
 def read_pipe_lines(c):
     if verbose:
-        sys.stderr.write('Reading pipe: %s\n' % c)
-    ## todo: check return status
-    pipe = os.popen(c, 'rb')
+        sys.stderr.write('Reading pipe: %s\n' % str(c))
+
+    expand = isinstance(c, basestring)
+    p = subprocess.Popen(c, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, shell=expand)
+    pipe = p.stdout
     val = pipe.readlines()
-    if pipe.close():
-        die('Command failed: %s' % c)
+    if pipe.close() or p.wait():
+        die('Command failed: %s' % str(c))
 
     return val
 
@@ -108,23 +119,114 @@ def p4_read_pipe_lines(c):
     return read_pipe_lines(real_cmd)
 
 def system(cmd):
+    expand = isinstance(cmd,basestring)
     if verbose:
-        sys.stderr.write("executing %s\n" % cmd)
-    if os.system(cmd) != 0:
-        die("command failed: %s" % cmd)
+        sys.stderr.write("executing %s\n" % str(cmd))
+    subprocess.check_call(cmd, shell=expand)
 
 def p4_system(cmd):
     """Specifically invoke p4 as the system command. """
     real_cmd = p4_build_cmd(cmd)
-    return system(real_cmd)
+    expand = isinstance(real_cmd, basestring)
+    subprocess.check_call(real_cmd, shell=expand)
+
+def p4_integrate(src, dest):
+    p4_system(["integrate", "-Dt", src, dest])
 
-def isP4Exec(kind):
-    """Determine if a Perforce 'kind' should have execute permission
+def p4_sync(path):
+    p4_system(["sync", path])
 
-    'p4 help filetypes' gives a list of the types.  If it starts with 'x',
-    or x follows one of a few letters.  Otherwise, if there is an 'x' after
-    a plus sign, it is also executable"""
-    return (re.search(r"(^[cku]?x)|\+.*x", kind) != None)
+def p4_add(f):
+    p4_system(["add", f])
+
+def p4_delete(f):
+    p4_system(["delete", f])
+
+def p4_edit(f):
+    p4_system(["edit", f])
+
+def p4_revert(f):
+    p4_system(["revert", f])
+
+def p4_reopen(type, file):
+    p4_system(["reopen", "-t", type, file])
+
+#
+# Canonicalize the p4 type and return a tuple of the
+# base type, plus any modifiers.  See "p4 help filetypes"
+# for a list and explanation.
+#
+def split_p4_type(p4type):
+
+    p4_filetypes_historical = {
+        "ctempobj": "binary+Sw",
+        "ctext": "text+C",
+        "cxtext": "text+Cx",
+        "ktext": "text+k",
+        "kxtext": "text+kx",
+        "ltext": "text+F",
+        "tempobj": "binary+FSw",
+        "ubinary": "binary+F",
+        "uresource": "resource+F",
+        "uxbinary": "binary+Fx",
+        "xbinary": "binary+x",
+        "xltext": "text+Fx",
+        "xtempobj": "binary+Swx",
+        "xtext": "text+x",
+        "xunicode": "unicode+x",
+        "xutf16": "utf16+x",
+    }
+    if p4type in p4_filetypes_historical:
+        p4type = p4_filetypes_historical[p4type]
+    mods = ""
+    s = p4type.split("+")
+    base = s[0]
+    mods = ""
+    if len(s) > 1:
+        mods = s[1]
+    return (base, mods)
+
+#
+# return the raw p4 type of a file (text, text+ko, etc)
+#
+def p4_type(file):
+    results = p4CmdList(["fstat", "-T", "headType", file])
+    return results[0]['headType']
+
+#
+# Given a type base and modifier, return a regexp matching
+# the keywords that can be expanded in the file
+#
+def p4_keywords_regexp_for_type(base, type_mods):
+    if base in ("text", "unicode", "binary"):
+        kwords = None
+        if "ko" in type_mods:
+            kwords = 'Id|Header'
+        elif "k" in type_mods:
+            kwords = 'Id|Header|Author|Date|DateTime|Change|File|Revision'
+        else:
+            return None
+        pattern = r"""
+            \$              # Starts with a dollar, followed by...
+            (%s)            # one of the keywords, followed by...
+            (:[^$]+)?       # possibly an old expansion, followed by...
+            \$              # another dollar
+            """ % kwords
+        return pattern
+    else:
+        return None
+
+#
+# Given a file, return a regexp matching the possible
+# RCS keywords that will be expanded, or None for files
+# with kw expansion turned off.
+#
+def p4_keywords_regexp_for_file(file):
+    if not os.path.exists(file):
+        return None
+    else:
+        (type_base, type_mods) = split_p4_type(p4_type(file))
+        return p4_keywords_regexp_for_type(type_base, type_mods)
 
 def setP4ExecBit(file, mode):
     # Reopens an already open file and changes the execute bit to match
@@ -139,12 +241,12 @@ def setP4ExecBit(file, mode):
         if p4Type[-1] == "+":
             p4Type = p4Type[0:-1]
 
-    p4_system("reopen -t %s %s" % (p4Type, file))
+    p4_reopen(p4Type, file)
 
 def getP4OpenedType(file):
     # Returns the perforce file type for the given file.
 
-    result = p4_read_pipe("opened %s" % file)
+    result = p4_read_pipe(["opened", file])
     match = re.match(".*\((.+)\)\r?$", result)
     if match:
         return match.group(1)
@@ -200,9 +302,17 @@ def isModeExecChanged(src_mode, dst_mode):
     return isModeExec(src_mode) != isModeExec(dst_mode)
 
 def p4CmdList(cmd, stdin=None, stdin_mode='w+b', cb=None):
-    cmd = p4_build_cmd("-G %s" % (cmd))
+
+    if isinstance(cmd,basestring):
+        cmd = "-G " + cmd
+        expand = True
+    else:
+        cmd = ["-G"] + cmd
+        expand = False
+
+    cmd = p4_build_cmd(cmd)
     if verbose:
-        sys.stderr.write("Opening pipe: %s\n" % cmd)
+        sys.stderr.write("Opening pipe: %s\n" % str(cmd))
 
     # Use a temporary file to avoid deadlocks without
     # subprocess.communicate(), which would put another copy
@@ -210,11 +320,16 @@ def p4CmdList(cmd, stdin=None, stdin_mode='w+b', cb=None):
     stdin_file = None
     if stdin is not None:
         stdin_file = tempfile.TemporaryFile(prefix='p4-stdin', mode=stdin_mode)
-        stdin_file.write(stdin)
+        if isinstance(stdin,basestring):
+            stdin_file.write(stdin)
+        else:
+            for i in stdin:
+                stdin_file.write(i + '\n')
         stdin_file.flush()
         stdin_file.seek(0)
 
-    p4 = subprocess.Popen(cmd, shell=True,
+    p4 = subprocess.Popen(cmd,
+                          shell=expand,
                           stdin=stdin_file,
                           stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
 
@@ -247,7 +362,7 @@ def p4Where(depotPath):
     if not depotPath.endswith("/"):
         depotPath += "/"
     depotPath = depotPath + "..."
-    outputList = p4CmdList("where %s" % depotPath)
+    outputList = p4CmdList(["where", depotPath])
     output = None
     for entry in outputList:
         if "depotFile" in entry:
@@ -288,6 +403,11 @@ def isValidGitDir(path):
 def parseRevision(ref):
     return read_pipe("git rev-parse %s" % ref).strip()
 
+def branchExists(ref):
+    rev = read_pipe(["git", "rev-parse", "-q", "--verify", ref],
+                     ignore_error=True)
+    return len(rev) > 0
+
 def extractLogMessageFromGitCommit(commit):
     logMessage = ""
 
@@ -449,8 +569,10 @@ def originP4BranchesExist():
 
 def p4ChangesForPaths(depotPaths, changeRange):
     assert depotPaths
-    output = p4_read_pipe_lines("changes " + ' '.join (["%s...%s" % (p, changeRange)
-                                                        for p in depotPaths]))
+    cmd = ['changes']
+    for p in depotPaths:
+        cmd += ["%s...%s" % (p, changeRange)]
+    output = p4_read_pipe_lines(cmd)
 
     changes = {}
     for line in output:
@@ -482,6 +604,26 @@ class Command:
 class P4UserMap:
     def __init__(self):
         self.userMapFromPerforceServer = False
+        self.myP4UserId = None
+
+    def p4UserId(self):
+        if self.myP4UserId:
+            return self.myP4UserId
+
+        results = p4CmdList("user -o")
+        for r in results:
+            if r.has_key('User'):
+                self.myP4UserId = r['User']
+                return r['User']
+        die("Could not find your p4 user id")
+
+    def p4UserIsMe(self, p4User):
+        # return True if the given p4 user is actually me
+        me = self.p4UserId()
+        if not p4User or p4User != me:
+            return False
+        else:
+            return True
 
     def getUserCacheFilename(self):
         home = os.environ.get("HOME", os.environ.get("USERPROFILE"))
@@ -533,7 +675,7 @@ class P4Debug(Command):
 
     def run(self, args):
         j = 0
-        for output in p4CmdList(" ".join(args)):
+        for output in p4CmdList(args):
             print 'Element: %d' % j
             j += 1
             print output
@@ -619,7 +761,6 @@ class P4Submit(Command, P4UserMap):
         self.verbose = False
         self.preserveUser = gitConfig("git-p4.preserveUser").lower() == "true"
         self.isWindows = (platform.system() == "Windows")
-        self.myP4UserId = None
 
     def check(self):
         if len(p4CmdList("opened ...")) > 0:
@@ -653,6 +794,29 @@ class P4Submit(Command, P4UserMap):
 
         return result
 
+    def patchRCSKeywords(self, file, pattern):
+        # Attempt to zap the RCS keywords in a p4 controlled file matching the given pattern
+        (handle, outFileName) = tempfile.mkstemp(dir='.')
+        try:
+            outFile = os.fdopen(handle, "w+")
+            inFile = open(file, "r")
+            regexp = re.compile(pattern, re.VERBOSE)
+            for line in inFile.readlines():
+                line = regexp.sub(r'$\1$', line)
+                outFile.write(line)
+            inFile.close()
+            outFile.close()
+            # Forcibly overwrite the original file
+            os.unlink(file)
+            shutil.move(outFileName, file)
+        except:
+            # cleanup our temporary file
+            os.unlink(outFileName)
+            print "Failed to strip RCS keywords in %s" % file
+            raise
+
+        print "Patched up RCS keywords in %s" % file
+
     def p4UserForCommit(self,id):
         # Return the tuple (perforce user,git email) for a given git commit id
         self.getUserMapFromPerforceServer()
@@ -687,7 +851,7 @@ class P4Submit(Command, P4UserMap):
                 break
         if not client:
             die("could not get client spec")
-        results = p4CmdList("changes -c %s -m 1" % client)
+        results = p4CmdList(["changes", "-c", client, "-m", "1"])
         for r in results:
             if r.has_key('change'):
                 return r['change']
@@ -718,7 +882,7 @@ class P4Submit(Command, P4UserMap):
     def canChangeChangelists(self):
         # check to see if we have p4 admin or super-user permissions, either of
         # which are required to modify changelists.
-        results = p4CmdList("protects %s" % self.depotPath)
+        results = p4CmdList(["protects", self.depotPath])
         for r in results:
             if r.has_key('perm'):
                 if r['perm'] == 'admin':
@@ -727,30 +891,11 @@ class P4Submit(Command, P4UserMap):
                     return 1
         return 0
 
-    def p4UserId(self):
-        if self.myP4UserId:
-            return self.myP4UserId
-
-        results = p4CmdList("user -o")
-        for r in results:
-            if r.has_key('User'):
-                self.myP4UserId = r['User']
-                return r['User']
-        die("Could not find your p4 user id")
-
-    def p4UserIsMe(self, p4User):
-        # return True if the given p4 user is actually me
-        me = self.p4UserId()
-        if not p4User or p4User != me:
-            return False
-        else:
-            return True
-
     def prepareSubmitTemplate(self):
         # remove lines in the Files section that show changes to files outside the depot path we're committing into
         template = ""
         inFilesSection = False
-        for line in p4_read_pipe_lines("change -o"):
+        for line in p4_read_pipe_lines(['change', '-o']):
             if line.endswith("\r\n"):
                 line = line[:-2] + "\n"
             if inFilesSection:
@@ -772,6 +917,41 @@ class P4Submit(Command, P4UserMap):
 
         return template
 
+    def edit_template(self, template_file):
+        """Invoke the editor to let the user change the submission
+           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":
+            return True
+
+        # look at the modification time, to check later if the user saved
+        # the file
+        mtime = os.stat(template_file).st_mtime
+
+        # invoke the editor
+        if os.environ.has_key("P4EDITOR"):
+            editor = os.environ.get("P4EDITOR")
+        else:
+            editor = read_pipe("git var GIT_EDITOR").strip()
+        system(editor + " " + 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":
+            return True
+
+        # modification time updated means user saved the file
+        if os.stat(template_file).st_mtime > mtime:
+            return True
+
+        while True:
+            response = raw_input("Submit template unchanged. Submit anyway? [y]es, [n]o (skip this patch) ")
+            if response == 'y':
+                return True
+            if response == 'n':
+                return False
+
     def applyCommit(self, id):
         print "Applying %s" % (read_pipe("git log --max-count=1 --pretty=oneline %s" % id))
 
@@ -802,12 +982,13 @@ class P4Submit(Command, P4UserMap):
         filesToDelete = set()
         editedFiles = set()
         filesToChangeExecBit = {}
+
         for line in diff:
             diff = parseDiffTreeEntry(line)
             modifier = diff['status']
             path = diff['src']
             if modifier == "M":
-                p4_system("edit \"%s\"" % path)
+                p4_edit(path)
                 if isModeExecChanged(diff['src_mode'], diff['dst_mode']):
                     filesToChangeExecBit[path] = diff['dst_mode']
                 editedFiles.add(path)
@@ -822,21 +1003,21 @@ class P4Submit(Command, P4UserMap):
                     filesToAdd.remove(path)
             elif modifier == "C":
                 src, dest = diff['src'], diff['dst']
-                p4_system("integrate -Dt \"%s\" \"%s\"" % (src, dest))
+                p4_integrate(src, dest)
                 if diff['src_sha1'] != diff['dst_sha1']:
-                    p4_system("edit \"%s\"" % (dest))
+                    p4_edit(dest)
                 if isModeExecChanged(diff['src_mode'], diff['dst_mode']):
-                    p4_system("edit \"%s\"" % (dest))
+                    p4_edit(dest)
                     filesToChangeExecBit[dest] = diff['dst_mode']
                 os.unlink(dest)
                 editedFiles.add(dest)
             elif modifier == "R":
                 src, dest = diff['src'], diff['dst']
-                p4_system("integrate -Dt \"%s\" \"%s\"" % (src, dest))
+                p4_integrate(src, dest)
                 if diff['src_sha1'] != diff['dst_sha1']:
-                    p4_system("edit \"%s\"" % (dest))
+                    p4_edit(dest)
                 if isModeExecChanged(diff['src_mode'], diff['dst_mode']):
-                    p4_system("edit \"%s\"" % (dest))
+                    p4_edit(dest)
                     filesToChangeExecBit[dest] = diff['dst_mode']
                 os.unlink(dest)
                 editedFiles.add(dest)
@@ -848,9 +1029,45 @@ class P4Submit(Command, P4UserMap):
         patchcmd = diffcmd + " | git apply "
         tryPatchCmd = patchcmd + "--check -"
         applyPatchCmd = patchcmd + "--check --apply -"
+        patch_succeeded = True
 
         if os.system(tryPatchCmd) != 0:
+            fixed_rcs_keywords = False
+            patch_succeeded = False
             print "Unfortunately applying the change failed!"
+
+            # 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":
+                file = None
+                pattern = None
+                kwfiles = {}
+                for file in editedFiles | filesToDelete:
+                    # did this file's delta contain RCS keywords?
+                    pattern = p4_keywords_regexp_for_file(file)
+
+                    if pattern:
+                        # this file is a possibility...look for RCS keywords.
+                        regexp = re.compile(pattern, re.VERBOSE)
+                        for line in read_pipe_lines(["git", "diff", "%s^..%s" % (id, id), file]):
+                            if regexp.search(line):
+                                if verbose:
+                                    print "got keyword match on %s in %s in %s" % (pattern, line, file)
+                                kwfiles[file] = pattern
+                                break
+
+                for file in kwfiles:
+                    if verbose:
+                        print "zapping %s with %s" % (line,pattern)
+                    self.patchRCSKeywords(file, kwfiles[file])
+                    fixed_rcs_keywords = True
+
+            if fixed_rcs_keywords:
+                print "Retrying the patch with RCS keywords cleaned up"
+                if os.system(tryPatchCmd) == 0:
+                    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":
@@ -859,9 +1076,9 @@ class P4Submit(Command, P4UserMap):
             if response == "s":
                 print "Skipping! Good luck with the next patches..."
                 for f in editedFiles:
-                    p4_system("revert \"%s\"" % f);
+                    p4_revert(f)
                 for f in filesToAdd:
-                    system("rm %s" %f)
+                    os.remove(f)
                 return
             elif response == "a":
                 os.system(applyPatchCmd)
@@ -882,10 +1099,10 @@ class P4Submit(Command, P4UserMap):
         system(applyPatchCmd)
 
         for f in filesToAdd:
-            p4_system("add \"%s\"" % f)
+            p4_add(f)
         for f in filesToDelete:
-            p4_system("revert \"%s\"" % f)
-            p4_system("delete \"%s\"" % f)
+            p4_revert(f)
+            p4_delete(f)
 
         # Set/clear executable bits
         for f in filesToChangeExecBit.keys():
@@ -907,7 +1124,7 @@ class P4Submit(Command, P4UserMap):
                 del(os.environ["P4DIFF"])
             diff = ""
             for editedFile in editedFiles:
-                diff += p4_read_pipe("diff -du %r" % editedFile)
+                diff += p4_read_pipe(['diff', '-du', editedFile])
 
             newdiff = ""
             for newFile in filesToAdd:
@@ -926,7 +1143,7 @@ class P4Submit(Command, P4UserMap):
 
             separatorLine = "######## everything below this line is just the diff #######\n"
 
-            [handle, fileName] = tempfile.mkstemp()
+            (handle, fileName) = tempfile.mkstemp()
             tmpFile = os.fdopen(handle, "w+")
             if self.isWindows:
                 submitTemplate = submitTemplate.replace("\n", "\r\n")
@@ -934,46 +1151,32 @@ class P4Submit(Command, P4UserMap):
                 newdiff = newdiff.replace("\n", "\r\n")
             tmpFile.write(submitTemplate + separatorLine + diff + newdiff)
             tmpFile.close()
-            mtime = os.stat(fileName).st_mtime
-            if os.environ.has_key("P4EDITOR"):
-                editor = os.environ.get("P4EDITOR")
-            else:
-                editor = read_pipe("git var GIT_EDITOR").strip()
-            system(editor + " " + fileName)
 
-            if gitConfig("git-p4.skipSubmitEditCheck") == "true":
-                checkModTime = False
-            else:
-                checkModTime = True
-
-            response = "y"
-            if checkModTime and (os.stat(fileName).st_mtime <= mtime):
-                response = "x"
-                while response != "y" and response != "n":
-                    response = raw_input("Submit template unchanged. Submit anyway? [y]es, [n]o (skip this patch) ")
-
-            if response == "y":
+            if self.edit_template(fileName):
+                # read the edited message and submit
                 tmpFile = open(fileName, "rb")
                 message = tmpFile.read()
                 tmpFile.close()
                 submitTemplate = message[:message.index(separatorLine)]
                 if self.isWindows:
                     submitTemplate = submitTemplate.replace("\r\n", "\n")
-                p4_write_pipe("submit -i", submitTemplate)
+                p4_write_pipe(['submit', '-i'], submitTemplate)
 
                 if self.preserveUser:
                     if p4User:
                         # Get last changelist number. Cannot easily get it from
-                        # the submit command output as the output is unmarshalled.
+                        # the submit command output as the output is
+                        # unmarshalled.
                         changelist = self.lastP4Changelist()
                         self.modifyChangelistUser(changelist, p4User)
-
             else:
+                # skip this patch
+                print "Submission cancelled, undoing p4 changes."
                 for f in editedFiles:
-                    p4_system("revert \"%s\"" % f);
+                    p4_revert(f)
                 for f in filesToAdd:
-                    p4_system("revert \"%s\"" % f);
-                    system("rm %s" %f)
+                    p4_revert(f)
+                    os.remove(f)
 
             os.remove(fileName)
         else:
@@ -992,6 +1195,8 @@ class P4Submit(Command, P4UserMap):
                 die("Detecting current git branch failed!")
         elif len(args) == 1:
             self.master = args[0]
+            if not branchExists(self.master):
+                die("Branch %s does not exist" % self.master)
         else:
             return False
 
@@ -1024,10 +1229,13 @@ class P4Submit(Command, P4UserMap):
         print "Perforce checkout for depot path %s located at %s" % (self.depotPath, self.clientPath)
         self.oldWorkingDirectory = os.getcwd()
 
+        # ensure the clientPath exists
+        if not os.path.exists(self.clientPath):
+            os.makedirs(self.clientPath)
+
         chdir(self.clientPath)
         print "Synchronizing p4 checkout..."
-        p4_system("sync ...")
-
+        p4_sync("...")
         self.check()
 
         commits = []
@@ -1062,6 +1270,219 @@ class P4Submit(Command, P4UserMap):
 
         return True
 
+class View(object):
+    """Represent a p4 view ("p4 help views"), and map files in a
+       repo according to the view."""
+
+    class Path(object):
+        """A depot or client path, possibly containing wildcards.
+           The only one supported is ... at the end, currently.
+           Initialize with the full path, with //depot or //client."""
+
+        def __init__(self, path, is_depot):
+            self.path = path
+            self.is_depot = is_depot
+            self.find_wildcards()
+            # remember the prefix bit, useful for relative mappings
+            m = re.match("(//[^/]+/)", self.path)
+            if not m:
+                die("Path %s does not start with //prefix/" % self.path)
+            prefix = m.group(1)
+            if not self.is_depot:
+                # strip //client/ on client paths
+                self.path = self.path[len(prefix):]
+
+        def find_wildcards(self):
+            """Make sure wildcards are valid, and set up internal
+               variables."""
+
+            self.ends_triple_dot = False
+            # There are three wildcards allowed in p4 views
+            # (see "p4 help views").  This code knows how to
+            # handle "..." (only at the end), but cannot deal with
+            # "%%n" or "*".  Only check the depot_side, as p4 should
+            # validate that the client_side matches too.
+            if re.search(r'%%[1-9]', self.path):
+                die("Can't handle %%n wildcards in view: %s" % self.path)
+            if self.path.find("*") >= 0:
+                die("Can't handle * wildcards in view: %s" % self.path)
+            triple_dot_index = self.path.find("...")
+            if triple_dot_index >= 0:
+                if triple_dot_index != len(self.path) - 3:
+                    die("Can handle only single ... wildcard, at end: %s" %
+                        self.path)
+                self.ends_triple_dot = True
+
+        def ensure_compatible(self, other_path):
+            """Make sure the wildcards agree."""
+            if self.ends_triple_dot != other_path.ends_triple_dot:
+                 die("Both paths must end with ... if either does;\n" +
+                     "paths: %s %s" % (self.path, other_path.path))
+
+        def match_wildcards(self, test_path):
+            """See if this test_path matches us, and fill in the value
+               of the wildcards if so.  Returns a tuple of
+               (True|False, wildcards[]).  For now, only the ... at end
+               is supported, so at most one wildcard."""
+            if self.ends_triple_dot:
+                dotless = self.path[:-3]
+                if test_path.startswith(dotless):
+                    wildcard = test_path[len(dotless):]
+                    return (True, [ wildcard ])
+            else:
+                if test_path == self.path:
+                    return (True, [])
+            return (False, [])
+
+        def match(self, test_path):
+            """Just return if it matches; don't bother with the wildcards."""
+            b, _ = self.match_wildcards(test_path)
+            return b
+
+        def fill_in_wildcards(self, wildcards):
+            """Return the relative path, with the wildcards filled in
+               if there are any."""
+            if self.ends_triple_dot:
+                return self.path[:-3] + wildcards[0]
+            else:
+                return self.path
+
+    class Mapping(object):
+        def __init__(self, depot_side, client_side, overlay, exclude):
+            # depot_side is without the trailing /... if it had one
+            self.depot_side = View.Path(depot_side, is_depot=True)
+            self.client_side = View.Path(client_side, is_depot=False)
+            self.overlay = overlay  # started with "+"
+            self.exclude = exclude  # started with "-"
+            assert not (self.overlay and self.exclude)
+            self.depot_side.ensure_compatible(self.client_side)
+
+        def __str__(self):
+            c = " "
+            if self.overlay:
+                c = "+"
+            if self.exclude:
+                c = "-"
+            return "View.Mapping: %s%s -> %s" % \
+                   (c, self.depot_side.path, self.client_side.path)
+
+        def map_depot_to_client(self, depot_path):
+            """Calculate the client path if using this mapping on the
+               given depot path; does not consider the effect of other
+               mappings in a view.  Even excluded mappings are returned."""
+            matches, wildcards = self.depot_side.match_wildcards(depot_path)
+            if not matches:
+                return ""
+            client_path = self.client_side.fill_in_wildcards(wildcards)
+            return client_path
+
+    #
+    # View methods
+    #
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.mappings = []
+
+    def append(self, view_line):
+        """Parse a view line, splitting it into depot and client
+           sides.  Append to self.mappings, preserving order."""
+
+        # Split the view line into exactly two words.  P4 enforces
+        # structure on these lines that simplifies this quite a bit.
+        #
+        # Either or both words may be double-quoted.
+        # Single quotes do not matter.
+        # Double-quote marks cannot occur inside the words.
+        # A + or - prefix is also inside the quotes.
+        # There are no quotes unless they contain a space.
+        # The line is already white-space stripped.
+        # The two words are separated by a single space.
+        #
+        if view_line[0] == '"':
+            # First word is double quoted.  Find its end.
+            close_quote_index = view_line.find('"', 1)
+            if close_quote_index <= 0:
+                die("No first-word closing quote found: %s" % view_line)
+            depot_side = view_line[1:close_quote_index]
+            # skip closing quote and space
+            rhs_index = close_quote_index + 1 + 1
+        else:
+            space_index = view_line.find(" ")
+            if space_index <= 0:
+                die("No word-splitting space found: %s" % view_line)
+            depot_side = view_line[0:space_index]
+            rhs_index = space_index + 1
+
+        if view_line[rhs_index] == '"':
+            # Second word is double quoted.  Make sure there is a
+            # double quote at the end too.
+            if not view_line.endswith('"'):
+                die("View line with rhs quote should end with one: %s" %
+                    view_line)
+            # skip the quotes
+            client_side = view_line[rhs_index+1:-1]
+        else:
+            client_side = view_line[rhs_index:]
+
+        # prefix + means overlay on previous mapping
+        overlay = False
+        if depot_side.startswith("+"):
+            overlay = True
+            depot_side = depot_side[1:]
+
+        # prefix - means exclude this path
+        exclude = False
+        if depot_side.startswith("-"):
+            exclude = True
+            depot_side = depot_side[1:]
+
+        m = View.Mapping(depot_side, client_side, overlay, exclude)
+        self.mappings.append(m)
+
+    def map_in_client(self, depot_path):
+        """Return the relative location in the client where this
+           depot file should live.  Returns "" if the file should
+           not be mapped in the client."""
+
+        paths_filled = []
+        client_path = ""
+
+        # look at later entries first
+        for m in self.mappings[::-1]:
+
+            # see where will this path end up in the client
+            p = m.map_depot_to_client(depot_path)
+
+            if p == "":
+                # Depot path does not belong in client.  Must remember
+                # this, as previous items should not cause files to
+                # exist in this path either.  Remember that the list is
+                # being walked from the end, which has higher precedence.
+                # Overlap mappings do not exclude previous mappings.
+                if not m.overlay:
+                    paths_filled.append(m.client_side)
+
+            else:
+                # This mapping matched; no need to search any further.
+                # But, the mapping could be rejected if the client path
+                # has already been claimed by an earlier mapping (i.e.
+                # one later in the list, which we are walking backwards).
+                already_mapped_in_client = False
+                for f in paths_filled:
+                    # this is View.Path.match
+                    if f.match(p):
+                        already_mapped_in_client = True
+                        break
+                if not already_mapped_in_client:
+                    # Include this file, unless it is from a line that
+                    # explicitly said to exclude it.
+                    if not m.exclude:
+                        client_path = p
+
+                # a match, even if rejected, always stops the search
+                break
+
+        return client_path
+
 class P4Sync(Command, P4UserMap):
     delete_actions = ( "delete", "move/delete", "purge" )
 
@@ -1109,7 +1530,9 @@ class P4Sync(Command, P4UserMap):
         self.p4BranchesInGit = []
         self.cloneExclude = []
         self.useClientSpec = False
-        self.clientSpecDirs = []
+        self.clientSpecDirs = None
+        self.tempBranches = []
+        self.tempBranchLocation = "git-p4-tmp"
 
         if gitConfig("git-p4.syncFromOrigin") == "false":
             self.syncWithOrigin = False
@@ -1131,6 +1554,14 @@ class P4Sync(Command, P4UserMap):
                    .replace("%25", "%")
         return path
 
+    # Force a checkpoint in fast-import and wait for it to finish
+    def checkpoint(self):
+        self.gitStream.write("checkpoint\n\n")
+        self.gitStream.write("progress checkpoint\n\n")
+        out = self.gitOutput.readline()
+        if self.verbose:
+            print "checkpoint finished: " + out
+
     def extractFilesFromCommit(self, commit):
         self.cloneExclude = [re.sub(r"\.\.\.$", "", path)
                              for path in self.cloneExclude]
@@ -1160,20 +1591,7 @@ class P4Sync(Command, P4UserMap):
 
     def stripRepoPath(self, path, prefixes):
         if self.useClientSpec:
-
-            # if using the client spec, we use the output directory
-            # specified in the client.  For example, a view
-            #   //depot/foo/branch/... //client/branch/foo/...
-            # will end up putting all foo/branch files into
-            #  branch/foo/
-            for val in self.clientSpecDirs:
-                if path.startswith(val[0]):
-                    # replace the depot path with the client path
-                    path = path.replace(val[0], val[1][1])
-                    # now strip out the client (//client/...)
-                    path = re.sub("^(//[^/]+/)", '', path)
-                    # the rest is all path
-                    return path
+            return self.clientSpecDirs.map_in_client(path)
 
         if self.keepRepoPath:
             prefixes = [re.sub("^(//[^/]+/).*", r'\1', prefixes[0])]
@@ -1219,38 +1637,63 @@ class P4Sync(Command, P4UserMap):
     # - helper for streamP4Files
 
     def streamOneP4File(self, file, contents):
-        if file["type"] == "apple":
-            print "\nfile %s is a strange apple file that forks. Ignoring" % \
-                file['depotFile']
-            return
-
         relPath = self.stripRepoPath(file['depotFile'], self.branchPrefixes)
         relPath = self.wildcard_decode(relPath)
         if verbose:
             sys.stderr.write("%s\n" % relPath)
 
-        mode = "644"
-        if isP4Exec(file["type"]):
-            mode = "755"
-        elif file["type"] == "symlink":
-            mode = "120000"
-            # p4 print on a symlink contains "target\n", so strip it off
+        (type_base, type_mods) = split_p4_type(file["type"])
+
+        git_mode = "100644"
+        if "x" in type_mods:
+            git_mode = "100755"
+        if type_base == "symlink":
+            git_mode = "120000"
+            # p4 print on a symlink contains "target\n"; remove the newline
             data = ''.join(contents)
             contents = [data[:-1]]
 
-        if self.isWindows and file["type"].endswith("text"):
+        if type_base == "utf16":
+            # p4 delivers different text in the python output to -G
+            # than it does when using "print -o", or normal p4 client
+            # 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.
+            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":
             mangled = []
             for data in contents:
                 data = data.replace("\r\n", "\n")
                 mangled.append(data)
             contents = mangled
 
-        if file['type'] in ('text+ko', 'unicode+ko', 'binary+ko'):
-            contents = map(lambda text: re.sub(r'(?i)\$(Id|Header):[^$]*\$',r'$\1$', text), contents)
-        elif file['type'] in ('text+k', 'ktext', 'kxtext', 'unicode+k', 'binary+k'):
-            contents = map(lambda text: re.sub(r'\$(Id|Header|Author|Date|DateTime|Change|File|Revision):[^$\n]*\$',r'$\1$', text), contents)
+        # 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)
+        if pattern:
+            regexp = re.compile(pattern, re.VERBOSE)
+            text = ''.join(contents)
+            text = regexp.sub(r'$\1$', text)
+            contents = [ text ]
 
-        self.gitStream.write("M %s inline %s\n" % (mode, relPath))
+        self.gitStream.write("M %s inline %s\n" % (git_mode, relPath))
 
         # total length...
         length = 0
@@ -1295,19 +1738,17 @@ class P4Sync(Command, P4UserMap):
         filesToDelete = []
 
         for f in files:
-            includeFile = True
-            for val in self.clientSpecDirs:
-                if f['path'].startswith(val[0]):
-                    if val[1][0] <= 0:
-                        includeFile = False
-                    break
+            # if using a client spec, only add the files that have
+            # a path in the client
+            if self.clientSpecDirs:
+                if self.clientSpecDirs.map_in_client(f['path']) == "":
+                    continue
 
-            if includeFile:
-                filesForCommit.append(f)
-                if f['action'] in self.delete_actions:
-                    filesToDelete.append(f)
-                else:
-                    filesToRead.append(f)
+            filesForCommit.append(f)
+            if f['action'] in self.delete_actions:
+                filesToDelete.append(f)
+            else:
+                filesToRead.append(f)
 
         # deleted files...
         for f in filesToDelete:
@@ -1322,15 +1763,22 @@ class P4Sync(Command, P4UserMap):
             def streamP4FilesCbSelf(entry):
                 self.streamP4FilesCb(entry)
 
-            p4CmdList("-x - print",
-                '\n'.join(['%s#%s' % (f['path'], f['rev'])
-                                                  for f in filesToRead]),
-                cb=streamP4FilesCbSelf)
+            fileArgs = ['%s#%s' % (f['path'], f['rev']) for f in filesToRead]
+
+            p4CmdList(["-x", "-", "print"],
+                      stdin=fileArgs,
+                      cb=streamP4FilesCbSelf)
 
             # do the last chunk
             if self.stream_file.has_key('depotFile'):
                 self.streamOneP4File(self.stream_file, self.stream_contents)
 
+    def make_email(self, userid):
+        if userid in self.users:
+            return self.users[userid]
+        else:
+            return "%s <a@b>" % userid
+
     def commit(self, details, files, branch, branchPrefixes, parent = ""):
         epoch = details["time"]
         author = details["user"]
@@ -1354,10 +1802,7 @@ class P4Sync(Command, P4UserMap):
         committer = ""
         if author not in self.users:
             self.getUserMapFromPerforceServer()
-        if author in self.users:
-            committer = "%s %s %s" % (self.users[author], epoch, self.tz)
-        else:
-            committer = "%s <a@b> %s %s" % (author, epoch, self.tz)
+        committer = "%s %s %s" % (self.make_email(author), epoch, self.tz)
 
         self.gitStream.write("committer %s\n" % committer)
 
@@ -1386,8 +1831,8 @@ class P4Sync(Command, P4UserMap):
             if self.verbose:
                 print "Change %s is labelled %s" % (change, labelDetails)
 
-            files = p4CmdList("files " + ' '.join (["%s...@%s" % (p, change)
-                                                    for p in branchPrefixes]))
+            files = p4CmdList(["files"] + ["%s...@%s" % (p, change)
+                                                    for p in branchPrefixes])
 
             if len(files) == len(labelRevisions):
 
@@ -1402,15 +1847,21 @@ class P4Sync(Command, P4UserMap):
                     self.gitStream.write("from %s\n" % branch)
 
                     owner = labelDetails["Owner"]
-                    tagger = ""
-                    if author in self.users:
-                        tagger = "%s %s %s" % (self.users[owner], epoch, self.tz)
+
+                    # Try to use the owner of the p4 label, or failing that,
+                    # the current p4 user id.
+                    if owner:
+                        email = self.make_email(owner)
                     else:
-                        tagger = "%s <a@b> %s %s" % (owner, epoch, self.tz)
+                        email = self.make_email(self.p4UserId())
+                    tagger = "%s %s %s" % (email, epoch, self.tz)
+
                     self.gitStream.write("tagger %s\n" % tagger)
-                    self.gitStream.write("data <<EOT\n")
-                    self.gitStream.write(labelDetails["Description"])
-                    self.gitStream.write("EOT\n\n")
+
+                    description = labelDetails["Description"]
+                    self.gitStream.write("data %d\n" % len(description))
+                    self.gitStream.write(description)
+                    self.gitStream.write("\n")
 
                 else:
                     if not self.silent:
@@ -1425,7 +1876,7 @@ class P4Sync(Command, P4UserMap):
     def getLabels(self):
         self.labels = {}
 
-        l = p4CmdList("labels %s..." % ' '.join (self.depotPaths))
+        l = p4CmdList(["labels"] + ["%s..." % p for p in self.depotPaths])
         if len(l) > 0 and not self.silent:
             print "Finding files belonging to labels in %s" % `self.depotPaths`
 
@@ -1435,9 +1886,9 @@ class P4Sync(Command, P4UserMap):
             newestChange = 0
             if self.verbose:
                 print "Querying files for label %s" % label
-            for file in p4CmdList("files "
-                                  +  ' '.join (["%s...@%s" % (p, label)
-                                                for p in self.depotPaths])):
+            for file in p4CmdList(["files"] +
+                                      ["%s...@%s" % (p, label)
+                                          for p in self.depotPaths]):
                 revisions[file["depotFile"]] = file["rev"]
                 change = int(file["change"])
                 if change > newestChange:
@@ -1467,7 +1918,7 @@ class P4Sync(Command, P4UserMap):
             command = "branches"
 
         for info in p4CmdList(command):
-            details = p4Cmd("branch -o %s" % info["branch"])
+            details = p4Cmd(["branch", "-o", info["branch"]])
             viewIdx = 0
             while details.has_key("View%s" % viewIdx):
                 paths = details["View%s" % viewIdx].split(" ")
@@ -1605,7 +2056,7 @@ class P4Sync(Command, P4UserMap):
         sourceRef = self.gitRefForBranch(sourceBranch)
         #print "source " + sourceBranch
 
-        branchParentChange = int(p4Cmd("changes -m 1 %s...@1,%s" % (sourceDepotPath, firstChange))["change"])
+        branchParentChange = int(p4Cmd(["changes", "-m", "1", "%s...@1,%s" % (sourceDepotPath, firstChange)])["change"])
         #print "branch parent: %s" % branchParentChange
         gitParent = self.gitCommitByP4Change(sourceRef, branchParentChange)
         if len(gitParent) > 0:
@@ -1615,10 +2066,24 @@ class P4Sync(Command, P4UserMap):
         self.importChanges(changes)
         return True
 
+    def searchParent(self, parent, branch, target):
+        parentFound = False
+        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
+                if self.verbose:
+                    print "Found parent of %s in commit %s" % (branch, blob)
+                break
+        if parentFound:
+            return blob
+        else:
+            return None
+
     def importChanges(self, changes):
         cnt = 1
         for change in changes:
-            description = p4Cmd("describe %s" % change)
+            description = p4Cmd(["describe", str(change)])
             self.updateOptionDict(description)
 
             if not self.silent:
@@ -1671,7 +2136,21 @@ class P4Sync(Command, P4UserMap):
                             parent = self.initialParents[branch]
                             del self.initialParents[branch]
 
-                        self.commit(description, filesForCommit, branch, [branchPrefix], parent)
+                        blob = None
+                        if len(parent) > 0:
+                            tempBranch = os.path.join(self.tempBranchLocation, "%d" % (change))
+                            if self.verbose:
+                                print "Creating temporary branch: " + tempBranch
+                            self.commit(description, filesForCommit, tempBranch, [branchPrefix])
+                            self.tempBranches.append(tempBranch)
+                            self.checkpoint()
+                            blob = self.searchParent(parent, branch, tempBranch)
+                        if blob:
+                            self.commit(description, filesForCommit, branch, [branchPrefix], 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)
                 else:
                     files = self.extractFilesFromCommit(description)
                     self.commit(description, files, self.branch, self.depotPaths,
@@ -1692,10 +2171,9 @@ class P4Sync(Command, P4UserMap):
         newestRevision = 0
 
         fileCnt = 0
-        for info in p4CmdList("files "
-                              +  ' '.join(["%s...%s"
-                                           % (p, revision)
-                                           for p in self.depotPaths])):
+        fileArgs = ["%s...%s" % (p,revision) for p in self.depotPaths]
+
+        for info in p4CmdList(["files"] + fileArgs):
 
             if 'code' in info and info['code'] == 'error':
                 sys.stderr.write("p4 returned an error: %s\n"
@@ -1746,50 +2224,31 @@ class P4Sync(Command, P4UserMap):
 
 
     def getClientSpec(self):
-        specList = p4CmdList( "client -o" )
-        temp = {}
-        for entry in specList:
-            for k,v in entry.iteritems():
-                if k.startswith("View"):
-
-                    # p4 has these %%1 to %%9 arguments in specs to
-                    # reorder paths; which we can't handle (yet :)
-                    if re.match('%%\d', v) != None:
-                        print "Sorry, can't handle %%n arguments in client specs"
-                        sys.exit(1)
-
-                    if v.startswith('"'):
-                        start = 1
-                    else:
-                        start = 0
-                    index = v.find("...")
-
-                    # save the "client view"; i.e the RHS of the view
-                    # line that tells the client where to put the
-                    # files for this view.
-                    cv = v[index+3:].strip() # +3 to remove previous '...'
-
-                    # if the client view doesn't end with a
-                    # ... wildcard, then we're going to mess up the
-                    # output directory, so fail gracefully.
-                    if not cv.endswith('...'):
-                        print 'Sorry, client view in "%s" needs to end with wildcard' % (k)
-                        sys.exit(1)
-                    cv=cv[:-3]
-
-                    # now save the view; +index means included, -index
-                    # means it should be filtered out.
-                    v = v[start:index]
-                    if v.startswith("-"):
-                        v = v[1:]
-                        include = -len(v)
-                    else:
-                        include = len(v)
+        specList = p4CmdList("client -o")
+        if len(specList) != 1:
+            die('Output from "client -o" is %d lines, expecting 1' %
+                len(specList))
 
-                    temp[v] = (include, cv)
+        # dictionary of all client parameters
+        entry = specList[0]
 
-        self.clientSpecDirs = temp.items()
-        self.clientSpecDirs.sort( lambda x, y: abs( y[1][0] ) - abs( x[1][0] ) )
+        # just the keys that start with "View"
+        view_keys = [ k for k in entry.keys() if k.startswith("View") ]
+
+        # hold this new View
+        view = View()
+
+        # append the lines, in order, to the view
+        for view_num in range(len(view_keys)):
+            k = "View%d" % view_num
+            if k not in view_keys:
+                die("Expected view key %s missing" % k)
+            view.append(entry[k])
+
+        self.clientSpecDirs = view
+        if self.verbose:
+            for i, m in enumerate(self.clientSpecDirs.mappings):
+                    print "clientSpecDirs %d: %s" % (i, str(m))
 
     def run(self, args):
         self.depotPaths = []
@@ -1823,7 +2282,10 @@ class P4Sync(Command, P4UserMap):
             if not gitBranchExists(self.refPrefix + "HEAD") and self.importIntoRemotes and gitBranchExists(self.branch):
                 system("git symbolic-ref %sHEAD %s" % (self.refPrefix, self.branch))
 
-        if self.useClientSpec or gitConfig("git-p4.useclientspec") == "true":
+        if not self.useClientSpec:
+            if gitConfig("git-p4.useclientspec", "--bool") == "true":
+                self.useClientSpec = True
+        if self.useClientSpec:
             self.getClientSpec()
 
         # TODO: should always look at previous commits,
@@ -1896,6 +2358,17 @@ class P4Sync(Command, P4UserMap):
         revision = ""
         self.users = {}
 
+        # Make sure no revision specifiers are used when --changesfile
+        # is specified.
+        bad_changesfile = False
+        if len(self.changesFile) > 0:
+            for p in self.depotPaths:
+                if p.find("@") >= 0 or p.find("#") >= 0:
+                    bad_changesfile = True
+                    break
+        if bad_changesfile:
+            die("Option --changesfile is incompatible with revision specifiers")
+
         newPaths = []
         for p in self.depotPaths:
             if p.find("@") != -1:
@@ -1912,7 +2385,10 @@ class P4Sync(Command, P4UserMap):
                 revision = p[hashIdx:]
                 p = p[:hashIdx]
             elif self.previousDepotPaths == []:
-                revision = "#head"
+                # pay attention to changesfile, if given, else import
+                # the entire p4 tree at the head revision
+                if len(self.changesFile) == 0:
+                    revision = "#head"
 
             p = re.sub ("\.\.\.$", "", p)
             if not p.endswith("/"):
@@ -2009,6 +2485,12 @@ class P4Sync(Command, P4UserMap):
         self.gitOutput.close()
         self.gitError.close()
 
+        # Cleanup temporary branches created during import
+        if self.tempBranches != []:
+            for branch in self.tempBranches:
+                read_pipe("git update-ref -d %s" % branch)
+            os.rmdir(os.path.join(os.environ.get("GIT_DIR", ".git"), self.tempBranchLocation))
+
         return True
 
 class P4Rebase(Command):
@@ -2207,7 +2689,8 @@ def main():
     args = sys.argv[2:]
 
     if len(options) > 0:
-        options.append(optparse.make_option("--git-dir", dest="gitdir"))
+        if cmd.needsGit:
+            options.append(optparse.make_option("--git-dir", dest="gitdir"))
 
         parser = optparse.OptionParser(cmd.usage.replace("%prog", "%prog " + cmdName),
                                        options,
@@ -2237,6 +2720,7 @@ def main():
 
     if not cmd.run(args):
         parser.print_help()
+        sys.exit(2)
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':