[p4] Deleted branches affecting the Perforce performance

[Stephen Vance]

Rather than delete obsolete branches, exclude them from permissions in 
the protection table. Just be sure to leave your "super" lines below the 
exclusions.

Steve

BAY wrote:
> All,
>   
>   I discussed this subject with P4 helpdesk many times and I wonder if anyone of you can enlight me.
>   
>   We all create branches and they will get deleted one day. Since P4 is  source control system, the deleted files are still exist in the P4  server. 
>   
>   Issue: Althought we can configure the P4 client not to display the  deleted files or directories. However, P4 will still scan and as a  result, and this will affect the performance. 
>   
>   Question: Any of you experience this and come up with a solution? I  asked them for an feature enhancement for "archiving tool or function".  I am running 2004.2 and i believe that is also a problem for newer  version. Comments?
>   
>   Thanks.
>   
>   Baz
>   
>   
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