[p4] Using current directory as client root?

[Slava Imeshev]

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Roy Smith <smith_roy at emc.com>
> We're trying to stay away from copying.

That's understandable. 

In your requirements, are repeatable build runs expected to use a different working
directory/client root every time? 

Or, is every codebase supposed to use a different but stable client root for its builds?

Regards,

Slava Imeshev
www.viewtier.com


> 
> 
> On Jan 17, 2008, at 3:59 PM, Slava Imeshev wrote:
> 
> > Roy,
> >
> > Another solution could be having a build system to sync at a  
> > default place and then copy the
> > workspace to the required on-demand location, passed as a parameter  
> > to the build system at build
> > time.  Or, have each build a custom client root. Both are pretty  
> > straightforward and don't require
> > any hacking. Is this something you are looking for?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Slava Imeshev
> > www.viewtier.com
> >
> >
> >
> > --- Dave Lewis <dlewis78731 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> We generally just create a new client for each build.  If a build was
> >> certified by qa, you could label it as the release if necessary.  It
> >> never occurred to me that there was anything undesirable about it.
> >> Just my point of view.  Its interesting to rethink these sorts of
> >> things when somebody comes along and says they don't like that.   
> >> There
> >> was the issue of cleaning up the clients at some point afterwards.  I
> >> think, though, that this is fairly straightforward usage compared to
> >> various other somewhat crooked approaches.
> >>
> >> dave
> >>
> >>
> >> On Jan 16, 2008 9:47 PM, Roy Smith <smith_roy at emc.com> wrote:
> >>> Yeah, this sounds like mostly what I'm looking for.  It's still
> >>> annoying that you have to create a transient clientspec, though.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Jan 16, 2008, at 7:06 PM, Robert Cowham wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Sounds like that might be addressed by:
> >>>>
> >>>> http://www.perforce.com/perforce/doc.072/user/relnotes.txt
> >>>>
> >>>> Release 2007.2.
> >>>>
> >>>> Major new functionality in 2007.2
> >>>>
> >>>> New 'p4 sync' option bypasses db.have updates - #111247 **
> >>>>
> >>>>           'p4 sync' now sports a '-p' option.  This allows the  
> >>>> user to
> >>>>           sync files without the server keeping track of it.  This
> >>>>           option is very useful when populating  build clients  
> >>>> or when
> >>>>           publishing content when there is no requirement for  
> >>>> saving
> >>>>           the client workspace state.
> >>>>           (Bug #22857).
> >>>>
> >>>> This would require the "create temporary client hack", but perhaps
> >>>> solve the
> >>>> problem??
> >>>>
> >>>> Robert
> >>>>
> >>>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>>> From: perforce-user-bounces at perforce.com
> >>>>> [mailto:perforce-user-bounces at perforce.com] On Behalf Of Roy Smith
> >>>>> Sent: 16 January 2008 19:58
> >>>>> To: Perforce User
> >>>>> Subject: [p4] Using current directory as client root?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I have a requirement (as part of our build system) to be able
> >>>>> to get a set of files from the repository and have them
> >>>>> written to any arbitrary directory.  Because the root path is
> >>>>> embedded in the client spec, there doesn't seem to be any way
> >>>>> to do this.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> We've played with all sorts of hacks.  We can create a
> >>>>> symlink from the root path embedded in the client to where we
> >>>>> really want the
> >>>>> files.  We can create and destroy temporary client specs on
> >>>>> the fly.
> >>>>> But all these seem like hacks.  Surely there must be some
> >>>>> simple way to say, "just put the files HERE".
> >>>>>
> >>>>> We don't need the workspace to be managed by perforce.  We'll
> >>>>> never want to edit the files there, or submit any changes
> >>>>> from there.  We just want a read-only copy of the source tree
> >>>>> so we can build it.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
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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
> AIM: roysmith649
>