p4tgz.bash #1

#!/usr/bin/env bash

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# User contributed content on the Perforce Public Depot is not supported by Perforce, although it may be supported by its author. 
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# This script takes a Perforce changelist number and generates a tgz of the changelist contents.
# The common path for the files will be automatically removed.

# check usage: must be somthing that looks like a change number
function p4tgz() 
{
if [ $# -ne 1 ] || ! [[ $1 =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]]
then
    echo "Usage: $0 changelist#" && return 1
fi

# the tmp dir for the files in the requested changelist
T_DIR=/tmp/$1
mkdir /tmp/$1

# check to see if the changelist is pending or submitted
CHANGE_STATUS=`p4 -F %Status% -ztag change -o $1`
EXTRA_FLAGS=""

# if the change is pending fetch any shelved files, otherwise get the submitted files
if [ $CHANGE_STATUS == "pending" ]
then
	EXTRA_FLAGS="-Rs"
fi

# make sure we get some files
FILES=( $(p4 -F %depotFile% fstat -e $1 $EXTRA_FLAGS //...) )
if [ ${#FILES[@]} -eq 0 ]
then
    echo "No files in changelist $1" && return 1
fi

# print out the list of files associated with the change into a tmp dir
for file in "${FILES[@]}"
do
    p4 print -o "$T_DIR${file:1}" -q "$file@=$1"
done

# find the common path between the files
# thanks to Owen Rees for the easy common path idea: 
# http://us.generation-nt.com/answer/finding-common-path-prefix-shell-script-help-201237692.html
DIR=$T_DIR; 
while TMP_DIR=$DIR/$(ls "$DIR"); [ -d "$TMP_DIR" ]; 
do 
    DIR="$TMP_DIR"
done

# build the tar and clean up our mess
tar -f $PWD/$1.tgz -zc -C $DIR .
rm -rf $T_DIR
}