git-p4: add config to retry p4 commands; retry 3 times by default
P4 commands can fail due to random network issues. P4 users can counter
these issues by using a retry flag supported by all p4 commands [1].
Add an integer Git config value `git-p4.retries` to define the number of
retries for all p4 invocations. If the config is not defined then set
the default retry count to 3.
[1] https://www.perforce.com/perforce/doc.current/manuals/cmdref/global.options.html
Signed-off-by: Lars Schneider <larsxschneider@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Luke Diamand <luke@diamand.org>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
diff --git a/Documentation/git-p4.txt b/Documentation/git-p4.txt
index c83aaf3..6565872 100644
--- a/Documentation/git-p4.txt
+++ b/Documentation/git-p4.txt
@@ -467,6 +467,10 @@
Client specified as an option to all p4 commands, with
'-c <client>', including the client spec.
+git-p4.retries::
+ Specifies the number of times to retry a p4 command (notably,
+ 'p4 sync') if the network times out. The default value is 3.
+
Clone and sync variables
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
git-p4.syncFromOrigin::
diff --git a/git-p4.py b/git-p4.py
index fd5ca52..2422178 100755
--- a/git-p4.py
+++ b/git-p4.py
@@ -78,6 +78,11 @@
if len(client) > 0:
real_cmd += ["-c", client]
+ retries = gitConfigInt("git-p4.retries")
+ if retries is None:
+ # Perform 3 retries by default
+ retries = 3
+ real_cmd += ["-r", str(retries)]
if isinstance(cmd,basestring):
real_cmd = ' '.join(real_cmd) + ' ' + cmd
