[issue2236] hg convert barfs on dollar signs in file names

[Johan Walles]

New submission from Johan Walles <johan.walles at oracle.com>:

Using Mercurial 1.5.4 and its Convert extension for Perforce / P4, I had
problems converting a file with a dollar sign in the file name.

I'm on Linux and I'm running a Mercurial 1.5.4 that I got from
http://mercurial.selenic.com/downloads.

Log follows. Note how it says first "trouble committing $dollar.txt" and
then "[...]/dollar/.txt#1 - no such file(s)", losing both the word "dollar"
and the actual $ sign:

"
johan at transwarp:/tmp/mercurial-1.5.4$ ./hg --version
Mercurial Distributed SCM (version 1.5.4)

Copyright (C) 2005-2010 Matt Mackall <mpm at selenic.com> and others
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
johan at transwarp:/tmp/mercurial-1.5.4$ ./hg convert
//depot/enginfra/sandboxes/johan/slask/dollar/... johan-dollar
initializing destination johan-dollar repository
reading p4 views
collecting p4 changelists
135030 Add a file with a $ sign in its name.
scanning source...
sorting...
converting...
0 Add a file with a $ sign in its name.
trouble committing $dollar.txt!
abort: //depot/enginfra/sandboxes/johan/slask/dollar/.txt#1 - no such file(s).
"

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messages: 12826
nosy: johanwalles
priority: bug
status: unread
title: hg convert barfs on dollar signs in file names

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