[p4] How to make a clientspec which syncs only to a given tag

[Weintraub, David]

Okay, that's another way of setting yourself up, but, as a forcing
function, it really is the equivalent of two separate clients.

Imagine that you have two separate clients:


    Client: client-branch1
    Root: C:\p4clients\myproj\BRANCH-1
    View:
         //depot/myproj/BRANCH-1/... //client-branch1/...

And

    Client: client-branch2
    Root: C:\p4clients\myproj\BRANCH-2
    View:
         //depot/myproj/BRANCH-2/... //client-branch2/...


Now, imagine you have a single client for both branches:

   Client: client-myproj
   Root: C:\p4clients\myproj
   View:
       //depot/myproj/...  //client-myproj/...

In both situations, to switch from one branch to another requires you to
switch from directory C:\myproj\BRANCH-1 to directory
C:\myproj\BRANCH-2. It is hard to accidentally switch branches without
meaning to. Actually, that's the way we work here. It makes doing
integrations much easier since you have both branches in a single
client.

-----Original Message-----
From: perforce-user-bounces at perforce.com
[mailto:perforce-user-bounces at perforce.com] On Behalf Of Ivey, William
Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 4:07 PM
To: Perforce Users
Subject: Re: [p4] How to make a clientspec which syncs only to a given
tag

> -----Original Message-----
> From: perforce-user-bounces at perforce.com
> [mailto:perforce-user-bounces at perforce.com]On Behalf Of Weintraub, 
> David
> 
> If I want to change branches, I have to either physically redefine my 
> Perforce client or use another Perforce client.

Or, none of the above. I work on three or four branches in any given
week, usually two during a day, and the only thing I do is cd to a
different directory. My client views contain wild cards so different
branches have different corresponding local directories. Local storage
is cheap.

Or am I missing something?

 -Wm


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