git-p4: document and test submit optionspw/p4-docs-and-tests

Clarify there is a -M option, but no -C.  These are both
configurable through variables.

Explain that the allowSubmit variable takes a comma-separated
list of branch names.

Catch earlier an invalid branch name given as an argument to
"git p4 clone".

Test option --origin, variable allowSubmit, and explicit master
branch name.

Signed-off-by: Pete Wyckoff <pw@padd.com>
Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/contrib/fast-import/git-p4 b/contrib/fast-import/git-p4
index 5420bf1368..d3c3ad859c 100755
--- a/contrib/fast-import/git-p4
+++ b/contrib/fast-import/git-p4
@@ -362,6 +362,11 @@ def isValidGitDir(path):
 def parseRevision(ref):
     return read_pipe("git rev-parse %s" % ref).strip()
 
+def branchExists(ref):
+    rev = read_pipe(["git", "rev-parse", "-q", "--verify", ref],
+                     ignore_error=True)
+    return len(rev) > 0
+
 def extractLogMessageFromGitCommit(commit):
     logMessage = ""
 
@@ -1089,6 +1094,8 @@ class P4Submit(Command, P4UserMap):
                 die("Detecting current git branch failed!")
         elif len(args) == 1:
             self.master = args[0]
+            if not branchExists(self.master):
+                die("Branch %s does not exist" % self.master)
         else:
             return False