2 messages in com.perforce.perforce-user[p4] RE: Problems integrating after a...
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Hardy, Andrew27 Nov 2002 02:05 
Chuck Karish27 Nov 2002 15:00 
Subject:[p4] RE: Problems integrating after a branch
From:Chuck Karish (kar@well.com)
Date:11/27/2002 03:00:36 PM
List:com.perforce.perforce-user

At 10:05 AM 11/27/2002 +0000, Hardy, Andrew wrote:

I should have branched and submit immediately so that #1 was just a copy. Then, edit, make changes and submit to get #2. Finally merge #2 back into main.

I tried this with a new branch and it merged as required, but I'm not quite sure why!

You can aways make it work with 'p4 integ -f'.

If 'best practice' is to branch and submit, why isn't this enforced?

Because in the general case, p4 integrate/p4 resolve/p4 submit, it is expected that there will be differences due to conflict resolution. It would be a
challenge for Perforce to detect which modifications are needed for a proper merge and which are "cheats" that add new chnges.