[p4] Renamed Files Lose All History?

[Robert Buck]

Qualification: so long as you do not 'obliterate' the previous files,
which is truly unfortunate.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: perforce-user-bounces at perforce.com 
> [mailto:perforce-user-bounces at perforce.com] On Behalf Of 
> Kosinski, Teresa
> Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 12:19 PM
> To: darrylw at hb-studios.com
> Cc: perforce-user at perforce.com
> Subject: Re: [p4] Renamed Files Lose All History?
> 
> It does. Use "p4 filelog -i //depot/release/foo.txt"
> 
> Or, if you're looking at revision history via P4 Win, make 
> sure "Display
> Branching History" is checked.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Darryl G. Wright [mailto:darrylw at hb-studios.com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 8:23 AM
> To: perforce-user at perforce.com
> Subject: [p4] Renamed Files Lose All History?
> 
> 
> I recently renamed an entire tree from MyName01 ro MyName02 
> and after the 
> operastion completed, all files in MyName02 have revision 
> histories that 
> only contain the rename operation. What happened to the rest of the 
> previous revisions? How can I access the file's history?
> 
> According to "Practical Perforce", the files should inherit 
> their history.
> 
> Thanks,
> Darryl
> 
> -- 
> Darryl G. Wright
> Technical Lead
> HB Studios
> 
> http://www.hb-studios.com 
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