[p4] Obliterate change list

[Paul Goffin]

I think he was.

Obliterate has to be used with care, but what's wrong with removing this
"mistake" from the record?

Leaving the delete and re-add records there will only be a potential source
of confusion later.  Why not tidy up now?

Paul.

-----Original Message-----
From: perforce-user-bounces at perforce.com
[mailto:perforce-user-bounces at perforce.com] On Behalf Of Helck, Christopher
Sent: 06 February 2007 14:14
To: perforce-user at perforce.com
Subject: [p4] Obliterate change list


Hi,

The other day I spoke with Perforce Customer Support about an isssue where
user 1 deleted a directory while user 2 had files open in that directory.
User 2 was very upset and wanted the files back before he submitted. The
support engineer recommended that I obliterate the delete change list. I
thought that he was nuts and told him so.

My feeling is that obliterate should never be used to solve day to day
problems. It's appropriate for tasks like splitting depots, not backing out
a change list.

Was the support engineer correct?

Thanks,
Christopher Helck



 
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