[p4] integrating when destination has been deleted

[Rene Medellin]

hi,

i have the following scenario:

1) developer edits a class in //depot/project/1.0.0
branch.

2) branches 1.1.0 and 1.2.0 exist downstream from
1.0.0

3) i have a night script that i run that iterates
through the downstream branches looking for pending
integrations. it sends a nice reminder to developers
to deal with their integrations.

4) developer claims that the classes modified in 1.0.0
have been already deleted in 1.1.0 and subsequent
releases so they don't "need" to be integrated. i tell
them that that may be so but when running 'p4
integrate -b 1.1.0' p4's branch consistency check
still requires those files be integrated forward (so
to speak). after resolve, they can just delete them
again.

5) developer grumbles that she'll need to continue to
make changes to 1.0.0 for some time and that she'll
have to keep doing this integrate-resolve-delete dance
in all the downstream branches until 1.0.0 no longer
needs to be maintained.

any suggestions for how else to handle this?

thanks,

Rene Medellin
marketaxess.com



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