[p4] Splitting a Depot - Russell C. Jackson - com.perforce.perforce-user

9 messages in com.perforce.perforce-user[p4] Splitting a Depot

From	Sent On	Attachments
David Ferguson	01 Dec 2003 17:12
Stephen Vance	01 Dec 2003 17:46
Paul Goffin	02 Dec 2003 01:02
Russell C. Jackson	02 Dec 2003 07:54
Paul Goffin	02 Dec 2003 08:01
Russell C. Jackson	02 Dec 2003 09:05
David Ferguson	02 Dec 2003 14:23
Chuck Karish	03 Dec 2003 08:25
Paul Goffin	03 Dec 2003 08:54

Subject:	[p4] Splitting a Depot
From:	Russell C. Jackson (rcja...@high-tech-homes.com)
Date:	12/02/2003 09:05:39 AM
List:	com.perforce.perforce-user

Thanks, that is good info. I was running 2002 when I did the upgrade, so that explains that.

Rusty

-----Original Message----- From: perf...@perforce.com [mailto:perforce-user-admin at perforce.com] On Behalf Of Paul Goffin Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 8:02 AM To: rcjackson at high-tech-homes.com; David Ferguson; perforce-user at perforce.com Subject: RE: [p4] Splitting a Depot

The 2003.1 server _doesn't_ fail when it can't find the files to copy.

It may be easier to copy the whole depot though. I have done this before, and I found that obliterate tries to copy in the depot files to a branch when you obliterate the main tree, and when it can't find those files to copy, it fails. This makes doing the obliterate very time consuming since you have to hunt around to obliterate the last branches first and work your way backwards. It is much easier to copy the entire depot so that you can just obliterate at the top level any directories you don't want.

Rusty

-----Original Message----- From: perforce-user-admin at perforce.com [mailto:perforce-user-admin at perforce.com] On Behalf Of Paul Goffin Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 1:03 AM To: David Ferguson; perforce-user at perforce.com Subject: RE: [p4] Splitting a Depot

Looking back through the archives, the general concensus seems to be checkpoint the original, replicate on the new server, then obliterate everything I don't want. While doable, it seems bulky. (I'm only moving about 2% of the tree). Anybody have a better idea?

It's the only sure way.

One thing though. The current server will "obliterate" depot files that aren't there. i.e. you only have to copy the checkpoint and the _relevant_ depot file trees. You don't have to copy the _entire_ depot before beginning your obliterate.

Paul.

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