[p4] Moving cvs2p4 converted depot to a live server

[Gabor Maghera]

First try going to the Perforce ftp site:

ftp://ftp.perforce.com/pub/perforce

Then go in two more directory levels, choosing the folder names
corresponding to your p4d version, then the OS you are using:

E.g.: ftp://ftp.perforce.com/pub/perforce/r07.2/bin.ntx86/

See if you can find the perfmerge tool there.  If you don't see it, contact
support at perforce.com and request a build for your environment.  I just did
it, and it only took a couple of days to get it.

For more details, visit the official info page:
ftp://ftp.perforce.com/pub/perforce/tools/perfmerge/perfmerge.html

Happy Thanksgiving,
Gabor

On Nov 21, 2007 9:04 AM, Thierry Lam <Thierry.Lam at autodesk.com> wrote:

>  Can you be more specific on where I can get this perfmege++ tool? I can't
> find any official mention of it from the perforce web site.
>
>
>
> *From:* Gabor Maghera [mailto:gmaghera at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 20, 2007 3:33 PM
> *To:* Thierry Lam
> *Cc:* perforce-user at perforce.com
> *Subject:* Re: [p4] Moving cvs2p4 converted depot to a live server
>
>
>
> You will have to use the perfmerge++ tool, available by request from
> Perforce support, to merge depots.  That is the only way to mix conversion
> results with an existing repository.  I would also discourage using your
> lice P4ROOT for conversion results, even if you plan to wholesale replace
> it.  You can copy all of the files and directories from your temporary
> P4ROOT (used by the script) to the production one after the conversion
> completes.
>
> Cheers,
> Gabor
>
> On Nov 20, 2007 11:32 AM, Thierry Lam <Thierry.Lam at autodesk.com> wrote:
>
> I've been testing cvs2p4 lately and I got the test running with no
> problem.  The default p4root for the new depot is at:
>
> /home/thierry/cvs2p4-3.0b6/test_conv_dir/p4root
>
> If I have a live perforce test server running at P4ROOT=/p4server:
>
> /p4server
>
> How do I move the migrated perforce depot(/home/thierry/cvs2p4-3.0b6/test_conv_dir/p4root)
> to my current live depot(/p4server)? If I were to specify P4ROOT to my live
> server before the migration, cvs2p4 wipes out my live depot completely and I
> don't want that.  How are you guys doing it?
>
> Thierry
> _______________________________________________
> perforce-user mailing list  -  perforce-user at perforce.com
> http://maillist.perforce.com/mailman/listinfo/perforce-user
>
>
>