Our team uses git2p4 to develop locally on github repo and then submit it to perforce. For eg.
/home/workspace/src/ - the git repo code (changes present)
/home/workspace_p4git/src - the local client workspace associated to a depot on perforce.
When we copy the git repo source code in the perforce local directory, changes are seen in git as unstaged.
Now my problem:
There is a file named: abc %28def%29.extension in the git repo.
When I 'git add -A'; it shows me-
renamed: abc %2528def%2529.extension -> abc %28def%29.extension
Maybe this is because Perforce does not allow '%' character in the filename.
Then I try to submit my code to the git repo - git p4 submit -M
This fails with the following error:
Target file has illegal escape sequence [%xx].
command failed: p4 integrate -Dt "abc %2528def62%2529.extension" "abc %28def%29.extension"
Does anyone has any suggestion to resolve this other than change the filename in git repo?
Maybe this is because Perforce does not allow '%' character in the filename.
No, it is because %25 is the percent encoding for %.
You need to try and git mv back the added file, using \% or %% to see if you can restore the proper % in its name.
Make sure to update first to the latest git version.