Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] git-p4: Add --checkpoint-period option to sync/clone

2016-09-16 Thread Ori Rawlings
On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 11:19 AM, Lars Schneider wrote: > > > This looks interesting! I ran into the same issue and added a parameter to > the p4 commands to retry (patch not yet proposed to the mailing list): >

Re: [PATCH v2 1/1] git-p4: Add --checkpoint-period option to sync/clone

2016-09-16 Thread Lars Schneider
> On 15 Sep 2016, at 23:17, Ori Rawlings wrote: > > Importing a long history from Perforce into git using the git-p4 tool > can be especially challenging. The `git p4 clone` operation is based > on an all-or-nothing transactionality guarantee. Under real-world >

[PATCH v2 1/1] git-p4: Add --checkpoint-period option to sync/clone

2016-09-15 Thread Ori Rawlings
Importing a long history from Perforce into git using the git-p4 tool can be especially challenging. The `git p4 clone` operation is based on an all-or-nothing transactionality guarantee. Under real-world conditions like network unreliability or a busy Perforce server, `git p4 clone` and `git p4