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authorPete Wyckoff <pw@padd.com>2012-02-25 20:06:24 -0500
committerJunio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>2012-02-26 16:14:20 -0800
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git-p4: set useClientSpec variable on initial clone
If --use-client-spec was given, set the matching configuration variable. This is necessary to ensure that future submits work properly. The alternatives of requiring the user to set it, or providing a command-line option on every submit, are error prone. Signed-off-by: Pete Wyckoff <pw@padd.com> Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
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@@ -303,9 +303,13 @@ CLIENT SPEC
-----------
The p4 client specification is maintained with the 'p4 client' command
and contains among other fields, a View that specifies how the depot
-is mapped into the client repository. Git-p4 can consult the client
-spec when given the '--use-client-spec' option or useClientSpec
-variable.
+is mapped into the client repository. The 'clone' and 'sync' commands
+can consult the client spec when given the '--use-client-spec' option or
+when the useClientSpec variable is true. After 'git p4 clone', the
+useClientSpec variable is automatically set in the repository
+configuration file. This allows future 'git p4 submit' commands to
+work properly; the submit command looks only at the variable and does
+not have a command-line option.
The full syntax for a p4 view is documented in 'p4 help views'. Git-p4
knows only a subset of the view syntax. It understands multi-line