3 messages in com.perforce.perforce-user[p4] Multiple appearances? | From | Sent On | Attachments |
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| Stephen Vance | 17 Aug 1999 17:45 | |
| Richard Geiger | 17 Aug 1999 19:00 | |
| Pascal Menoud | 17 Aug 1999 22:54 |
| Subject: | [p4] Multiple appearances? |
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| From: | Richard Geiger (rm...@netapp.com) |
| Date: | 08/17/1999 07:00:00 PM |
| List: | com.perforce.perforce-user |
Is it possible to have a set of files in depot map to more than one directory in the client?
Here is what I am trying to do. I have a directory that contains release reports for each version of code we release. I want this included in the source, but I also want it in a central location in my client.
Example:
/work/cogorno: rel1 rel2 rel3 main releases
I want the reports to appear in the releases directory as well as where they actually reside (inside main and the rel branches).
I tried modifying my client to include the following view:
//depot/main/src/releases/... //cogorno/releases/... //depot/main/... //cogorno/main/... //depot/rel7/... //cogorno/rel7/... //depot/rel8fcs/... //cogorno/rel8fcs/... //depot/rel8r1/... //cogorno/rel8r1/...
This didn't appear to have any effect. Short of branching, are there any suggestions you all might have?
Try flipping the order thusly:
//depot/main/... //cogorno/main/... //depot/main/src/releases/... //cogorno/releases/... //depot/rel7/... //cogorno/rel7/... //depot/rel8fcs/... //cogorno/rel8fcs/... //depot/rel8r1/... //cogorno/rel8r1/...
(Do do be aware that everything in //depot/main/src/releases/... will be mapped into //cogorno/releases/..., and will no longer appear in //cogorno/main/releases/...
Also, that there could be be collisions if you do this for each of the branches, i.e.,
//depot/main/... //cogorno/main/... //depot/main/src/releases/... //cogorno/releases/... //depot/rel7/... //cogorno/rel7/... //depot/rel7/src/releases/... //cogorno/releases/... //depot/rel8fcs/... //cogorno/rel8fcs/... //depot/rel8/src/releases/... //cogorno/releases/... //depot/rel8r1/... //cogorno/rel8r1/... //depot/rel8r1/src/releases/... //cogorno/releases/...
aand there you have a file by the same name in each "releases" dir.
Better might be to have a separate client workspace for your consolidated view.
I.e., you'd still have:
//depot/main/... //cogorno/main/... //depot/rel7/... //cogorno/rel7/... //depot/rel8fcs/... //cogorno/rel8fcs/... //depot/rel8r1/... //cogorno/rel8r1/...
And, in a second client workspace, perhaps:
//depot/main/src/releases/... //cogorno2/main/ //depot/rel7/src/releases/... //cogorno2/rel7/... //depot/rel8/src/releases/... //cogorno2/rel8/... //depot/rel8r1/src/releases/... //cogorno2/rel8r1/...
We tend to use *lots* of client workspaces in the way we work; developers typically own one workspace per codelines they are working in, and might sometime have multiple workspaces of a single codeline, with differenet changes.
E.g., right now, I own 31 of the little devils:
rmg $ p4 clients | grep rmg: | wc 31 253 2703
and overal on this server we have 1720 of 'em:
rmg $ p4 clients | wc 1720 12949 150164