[p4] Multiple Branch management

[Michael Graff]

It's a "p4 help undoc" command.  But it's used in the Laura's
Practical Perforce book.

On 6/20/07, Rob Cecil <RCecil at erain.com> wrote:
> Thanks! I think that is what I need. Funny, this is not in the p4 guide.
> :)
>
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> From: michael.graff at gmail.com [mailto:michael.graff at gmail.com] On Behalf
> Of Michael Graff
> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 2:55 PM
> To: Rob Cecil
> Cc: perforce-user at perforce.com
> Subject: Re: [p4] Multiple Branch management
>
> Back in the day, I had a script that used p4 integ -n, p4 changes, and
> awk to get this sort of report.  Nowadays, "p4 interchanges" does it
> much more easily.
>
> One quirk I discovered with p4 interchanges is that files with
> multiple unmerged revisions ending in a delete don't show up in the
> report.  Files with just an unmerged delete do show up.
>
> You can use some of the "p4 help usage" flags to run a report
> anywhere.  For example, if you have a template for creating the parent
> workspace and a branchspec for the child, you can do something like
> this:
>
> p4 -c parent-master -H master interchanges -b child-branch
>
> -c is the client workspace template
> -H is the hostname for that workspace
> -b is the branchspec
>
> Depending on the direction of your branchspec, you may need to add the
> -r flag to the end.
>
> On 6/20/07, Rob Cecil <RCecil at erain.com> wrote:
> > I have two branches that I'd like to be able to daily report on
> > regarding the integration status - if any files have been checked in
> > one, they need to be integrated into the other, and vice versa.
> > Basically a "P4BranchDiff" report that will report back to the
> > changelists that created the changes.
> >
> >
> >
> > I'm thinking something similar to what is alluded to here:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> http://maillist.perforce.com/pipermail/perforce-user/2003-September/0115
> > 10.html
> >
> >
> >
> > But I cannot find this script under jgrills.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks for your help!
> >
> > Rob
> >
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