1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/git-p4.py b/git-p4.py
index a4414b58b9..26b874fec9 100755
--- a/git-p4.py
+++ b/git-p4.py
@@ -310,8 +310,8 @@ def split_p4_type(p4type):
 #
 # return the raw p4 type of a file (text, text+ko, etc)
 #
-def p4_type(file):
-    results = p4CmdList(["fstat", "-T", "headType", file])
+def p4_type(f):
+    results = p4CmdList(["fstat", "-T", "headType", wildcard_encode(f)])
     return results[0]['headType']
 
 #