[p4] Deleted branches affecting the Perforce performance

[Webmaster33]

> Perforce needs an archive command. I have been asking for one for 
> several years now.

Yes, I aggree. Archive command and/or remove command.

1) Archive - to save obsolete files, and remove them from internal db
2) Remove - remove obsolete files from internal db


IMHO.

Thanks,
Webmaster33


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On 2006.05.26. at 19:26 Russell C. Jackson wrote:

> That doesn't solve the performance problem he is referring to here. 
> Perforce still has that information in its db files, and still has to 
> scan it in certain situations.
> 
> Perforce needs an archive command. I have been asking for one for 
> several years now.
> 
> Thanks,
> Rusty
> 
> 
> 
> Stephen Vance wrote:
> > 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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