[p4] Marking a file "do not submit"?

[Ed Mack]

When I open a file for testing purposes, I immediately move it to its
own numbered changelist with a comment starting with "DO NOT SUBMIT blah
blah blah".   After the first time or two, it becomes very easy to
remember to do this.  Now, when I think "Oh, and I need to tweak this
file, just for testing", creating another changelist is second nature.
No branching, or triggers, or changing my client view is necessary.  It
requires the discipline to take this one extra step, but I think this is
the easiest, most flexible way to prevent submitting test work with
"real" changes.

Ed

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Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2007 7:25 AM
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Subject: [p4] Marking a file "do not submit"?

Is there a way to mark an open file, "do not submit"?

We just had an incident of somebody submitting a change which consisted
of several files he wanted to submit, plus one that was picked up by
accident.  The accidental one was an experimental idea he'd been working
on for a long time in a different part of the tree.  He probably forgot
that he still had it open and didn't look at the list of file in the
changlist too closely, so it got submitted by accident.

This isn't the first time it's happened (to various people, including
myself).

If there was a way to mark a file, "still open for editing, but don't
ever include in a default changelist".  This will let you keep edited
files around for a long time without risking accidental submissions like
this.  I know, I know, you really should make a new branch for stuff
like this, but sometimes that's more overhead than it's worth.

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Roy Smith <smith_roy at emc.com>
Software Guy, EMC Common Management Group
44 South Broadway, 7th floor
White Plains, NY 10601
(914) 580-3427
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