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-rwxr-xr-xgit-p4.py31
1 files changed, 28 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/git-p4.py b/git-p4.py
index eab319d76..584b81775 100755
--- a/git-p4.py
+++ b/git-p4.py
@@ -160,17 +160,42 @@ def p4_write_pipe(c, stdin):
real_cmd = p4_build_cmd(c)
return write_pipe(real_cmd, stdin)
-def read_pipe(c, ignore_error=False):
+def read_pipe_full(c):
+ """ Read output from command. Returns a tuple
+ of the return status, stdout text and stderr
+ text.
+ """
if verbose:
sys.stderr.write('Reading pipe: %s\n' % str(c))
expand = isinstance(c,basestring)
p = subprocess.Popen(c, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, shell=expand)
(out, err) = p.communicate()
- if p.returncode != 0 and not ignore_error:
- die('Command failed: %s\nError: %s' % (str(c), err))
+ return (p.returncode, out, err)
+
+def read_pipe(c, ignore_error=False):
+ """ Read output from command. Returns the output text on
+ success. On failure, terminates execution, unless
+ ignore_error is True, when it returns an empty string.
+ """
+ (retcode, out, err) = read_pipe_full(c)
+ if retcode != 0:
+ if ignore_error:
+ out = ""
+ else:
+ die('Command failed: %s\nError: %s' % (str(c), err))
return out
+def read_pipe_text(c):
+ """ Read output from a command with trailing whitespace stripped.
+ On error, returns None.
+ """
+ (retcode, out, err) = read_pipe_full(c)
+ if retcode != 0:
+ return None
+ else:
+ return out.rstrip()
+
def p4_read_pipe(c, ignore_error=False):
real_cmd = p4_build_cmd(c)
return read_pipe(real_cmd, ignore_error)