data = ''.join(contents)
contents = [data[:-1]]
+ if file['type'].startswith("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 - "%s"' % file['depotFile'])
+ contents = [ text ]
+
if self.isWindows and file["type"].endswith("text"):
mangled = []
for data in contents:
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.
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'):