[p4] Can integrations work when files are renamed?

[Sam Roberts]

On Fri, Jun 16, 2006 at 08:56:11AM -0400, Stephen Vance wrote:
> You can do this with two integrations. The first one is

I tried this, but it doesn't work for me.

> p4 integ -b main_to_project

I did:

  p4 integrate //depot/main/... //depot/project/...

I think this is the equivalent to your suggestion?

> which will bring the structural changes out from main to your project 
> branch. The second one is
> 
> p4 integ project/file.c#2 project/src/file.c

Then I did:

  p4 integ //depot/project/file.c#2 //depot/project/src/file.c

But I get:

  //depot/project/src/file.c - can't branch (already opened for branch)

Sam

> Sam Roberts wrote:
> >I get the strong impression from Practical Perforce that it should be
> >possible, but our local p4 admins aren't finding a way.
> >
> >I have a mainline with:
> >
> >	main/file.c#1
> >
> >I branched to
> >
> >	project/file.c#1
> >
> >then made changes, so I have:
> >
> >	project/file.c#2 <- "mine"
> >
> >Meanwhile, the mainline was reorganized:
> >
> >	main/src/file.c#1 <- "theirs"
> >
> >I wanted to get the changes from the mainline (obviously, much more
> >changes than a single file) onto my project branch, so I can complete
> >the project before merging back to the mainline. After integration from
> >///main to ///project, "mine" is gone, and I only have "theirs". What
> >I want is the _location_ from the mainline, with my project changes
> >merged in:
> >
> >	project/src/file.c <- "theirs" + the changes on my branch for "mine"
> >
> >Never figured a way, gave up and left it to the more experienced p4
> >users, they tried branch views, p4 integrate with specific reference to
> >changesets and the specific source and target file, and other things,
> >and eventually came to the conclusion its not possible without complex
> >manual hacking about, which will be making it into our local p4 manual
> >soon. Are they right, or is there a better way?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Sam
> >
> >p.s. by rename/move I mean the procedure described by "p4 help rename"
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