perforce - git-p4 clone command fails -
i'm trying run command: git-p4 clone -v //depot/path/project/v31a
and fails error:
importing //depot/path/project project
reinitialized existing git repository in /home/xxx/downloads/p4tmp/v31a/.git/
reading pipe: ['git', 'config', '--bool', 'git-p4.useclientspec']
doing initial import of //depot/path/project/v31a/ revision #head refs/remotes/p4/master
reading pipe: ['git', 'config', 'git-p4.user']
reading pipe: ['git', 'config', 'git-p4.password']
reading pipe: ['git', 'config', 'git-p4.port']
reading pipe: ['git', 'config', 'git-p4.host']
reading pipe: ['git', 'config', 'git-p4.client']
opening pipe: ['p4', '-g', 'files', '//depot/path/project/v31a/...#head']
opening pipe: ['p4', '-g', 'describe', '-s', '222342']
reading pipe: ['git', 'config', '--bool', 'core.ignorecase']
commit refs/remotes/p4/master
opening pipe: p4 -g users
io error git fast-import. git version recent enough?
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before this, have set p4host, p4user , p4passwd environment variables.
any idea error is? git version 2.3.6.
that error happens if python can't talk git fast-import
. check it's installed:
$ git fast-import -h
you might if git-p4 can't create temporary files reason. running command under strace
might offer more clues what's happening.
what os running on?