git-p4: better error reporting when p4 fails
[gitweb.git] / git-p4.py
index 037d5d30e01ba230babf16dba06e13d158f66de0..cbb66197372e3198ff6bc1adacfd643776619a16 100755 (executable)
--- a/git-p4.py
+++ b/git-p4.py
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ def __str__(self):
 # Grab changes in blocks of this many revisions, unless otherwise requested
 defaultBlockSize = 512
 
+p4_access_checked = False
+
 def p4_build_cmd(cmd):
     """Build a suitable p4 command line.
 
@@ -91,6 +93,13 @@ def p4_build_cmd(cmd):
         real_cmd = ' '.join(real_cmd) + ' ' + cmd
     else:
         real_cmd += cmd
+
+    # now check that we can actually talk to the server
+    global p4_access_checked
+    if not p4_access_checked:
+        p4_access_checked = True    # suppress access checks in p4_check_access itself
+        p4_check_access()
+
     return real_cmd
 
 def git_dir(path):
@@ -264,6 +273,52 @@ def p4_system(cmd):
     if retcode:
         raise CalledProcessError(retcode, real_cmd)
 
+def die_bad_access(s):
+    die("failure accessing depot: {0}".format(s.rstrip()))
+
+def p4_check_access(min_expiration=1):
+    """ Check if we can access Perforce - account still logged in
+    """
+    results = p4CmdList(["login", "-s"])
+
+    if len(results) == 0:
+        # should never get here: always get either some results, or a p4ExitCode
+        assert("could not parse response from perforce")
+
+    result = results[0]
+
+    if 'p4ExitCode' in result:
+        # p4 returned non-zero status, e.g. P4PORT invalid, or p4 not in path
+        die_bad_access("could not run p4")
+
+    code = result.get("code")
+    if not code:
+        # we get here if we couldn't connect and there was nothing to unmarshal
+        die_bad_access("could not connect")
+
+    elif code == "stat":
+        expiry = result.get("TicketExpiration")
+        if expiry:
+            expiry = int(expiry)
+            if expiry > min_expiration:
+                # ok to carry on
+                return
+            else:
+                die_bad_access("perforce ticket expires in {0} seconds".format(expiry))
+
+        else:
+            # account without a timeout - all ok
+            return
+
+    elif code == "error":
+        data = result.get("data")
+        if data:
+            die_bad_access("p4 error: {0}".format(data))
+        else:
+            die_bad_access("unknown error")
+    else:
+        die_bad_access("unknown error code {0}".format(code))
+
 _p4_version_string = None
 def p4_version_string():
     """Read the version string, showing just the last line, which