[p4] Branches - rename and integrations

[Rick Macdonald]

Are all these renames part of your defined workflow, or are they all 
just trying to fix errors that you will make sure never happen again?

Rick

Kamlesh Mutha wrote:
> Hi,
>
> [Resending this email since last one got sent under another thread]
>
> I need some help on the following scenario:
>
>    1. There was a branch *//depot/rel/1.5.002_xyz/…*
>    2. Following changelists were checked in on this branch:
>
> Change 20981 on 2009/06/15
> Change 20226 on 2009/06/05
> Change 20205 on 2009/06/05
>
>
>    1. This branch was renamed to *//depot/rel/1.5.003/…* through P4V using
>    “Move/Rename” option (which integrates the contents on new branch and
>    deletes the contents from older branch)
>    2. Here is the list of changelists checked in on this new branch
>
> Change 23182 on 2009/07/08
> Change 23117 on 2009/07/08
> Change 22806 on 2009/07/03
> Change 22781 on 2009/07/03
>
>    1. Now I need to ensure that all these changelists are integrated
>    properly to *//depot/rel/1.5-R/…* branch, which is a parent branch for
>    the above mentioned branches.
>
> Questions:
>
>    1. When I do a *p4 interchanges //depot/rel/1.5.002_xyz/...
>    //depot/rel/1.5-R/..., *I don’t see changelist 20226 in the report which
>    means perforce thinks it has already been integrated. However, I neither see
>    any such integration changelist nor the changes submitted through this in
>    the target branch. Why could that be? Is rename causing any issue or Am I
>    missing something?
>    2. Is *p4 integ //depot/rel/1.5.003/… //depot/rel/1.5-R/…* sufficient?
>    Would it also ensure that changes submitted before rename also get
>    integrated?
>    3. What is the best way to complete such integration and ensure that all
>    the contents are properly integrated into the target branch?
>    4. Now there is a requirement that *//depot/rel/1.5.003/…* to be renamed
>    to something else and new *//depot/rel/1.5.003/…* branch to be created
>    from the parent. How should it be done?
>
> Thanks and Regards,
> Kamlesh.
>
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