Edit P4 xm

edit_p4_toolsxml.py

def add_tool(name, exe, commandline, shortcut=''):
    '''
    Adds a command entry to a tools list container node.
    * tool_list_element is ElementTree node representing the tools list
    * exe is the path to the executable
    * commandline is the arguments passed to the commandline.
    * shortcut is a key shortcut
    If a tool with the same name already exists, it will be overwritten
    Perforce supports special characters in the command lines, which
    will be replaced at call time. see
    www.perforce.com/manuals/p4v/Content/P4V/advanced_options.custom.html
    for the full list.  Useful ones include
        $c  current client
        %c  current changelist
    '''

    existing = get_tool_by_name(name)
    if existing is not None:
        remove_tool(name)

    '''
    This is an example of the schema
    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
    <!--perforce-xml-version=1.0-->
    <CustomToolDefList varName="customtooldeflist">
     <CustomToolDef>
      <Definition>
       <Name>example</Name>
       <Command>python.exe</Command>
       <Arguments>C:/Users/Steve/Desktop/dummy.py --client  $c --changelist %c</Arguments>
       <Shortcut></Shortcut>
      </Definition>
      <Console>
       <CloseOnExit>false</CloseOnExit>
      </Console>
      <Refresh>true</Refresh>
     </CustomToolDef>
    </CustomToolDefList>
    '''

    definition = ETree.SubElement(_CATALOG, 'CustomToolDef')
    tool_def = ETree.SubElement(definition, 'Definition')
    name_node = ETree.SubElement(tool_def, 'Name')
    name_node.text = name
    command = ETree.SubElement(tool_def, 'Command')
    command.text = exe
    args = ETree.SubElement(tool_def, 'Arguments')
    args.text = commandline
    shortcut_node = ETree.SubElement(tool_def, 'Shortcut')
    shortcut_node.text = shortcut
    console = ETree.SubElement(tool_def, 'Console')

    # this one force-closes p4v's console window, if present
    # if somebody turns that on, they probably want to see the 
    # debug spew so default it to false
    close_on_exit = ETree.SubElement(console, 'CloseOnExit')
    close_on_exit.text = 'false'

    refresh = ETree.SubElement(tool_def, 'Refresh')
    refresh.text = 'true'

    # this makes the tool available in a changelist context menu
    # note that it's a child of 'definition' and not 'tool_def'
    add_to_ctx = ETree.SubElement(definition, 'AddToContext')
    add_to_ctx.text = 'true'

to find the location:

def get_p4v_config_dir():
    '''
    P4 stores config files in  C:/Users/<user>/.p4qt
    https://community.perforce.com/s/article/2911
    '''
    p4_dir = os.path.expanduser("~\\.p4qt")
    if not (os.path.exists(p4_dir)):
        raise IOError(f"P4V user directory {p4_dir} does not exist. Is P4V installed?")
    return p4_dir