| When submitting a file with a resource fork from Mac with P4 or P4V, it is put in the depot as file type "apple". However, when syncing such an "apple" file back to Mac with the P4 Plugin, it is synced as two separate files "myfile" and "%myfile", instead of the original single file with a resource fork. Upon further inspection, these two separate files are the "AppleDouble" format: "myfile" contains the original data fork and "%myfile" contains the original resource fork. AppleDouble is normally used for syncing "apple" files by non-MacOS clients, as described in Perforce Platform Notes - Apple Macintosh. But in this case it's happening for a MacOS client too. That is unexpected. The latest P4 and P4V for MacOS all sync "apple" files back to Mac as genuine Apple files. It seems logical to expect the same result from P4 Plugin as from P4 and P4V, when syncing. Also, it seems logical to expect getting the same file back as was submitted, if submitting and syncing happen on the same platform and possibly even on the same machine. I guess this is related to change #546744 in P4Java as mentioned on Release Notes for P4Java. Our setup is a Freestyle project, with P4 Workspace behaviour set to "Static (static view, master only)". |
