Integrating a branch will bring existing files into your tree,
but you may still want to add new files or remove existing ones.
Adding files is easily done be creating the file and then running
the p4 add
command like so:
%
p4 add filename
If you want to add a whole tree of files, run a command like:
%
find . -type f | xargs p4 add
Perforce can track UNIX symlinks too, so
you can probably
use “\! -type d
” as the
matching expression in find(1) above. We don't commit symlinks
into the source tree of FreeBSD though, so this should not be
necessary.
Doing a p4 submit
will then copy the file
to the depot on the server. It is very important to only add
files, not directories. Explicitly adding a directory will cause
Perforce to treat it like a file, which
is not what you want.
Removing a file is just as easy with the p4
delete command like so:
%
p4 delete filename
This will mark the file for deletion from the depot the next time that a submit is run. It will also remove the local copy of the file, so beware.
Of course, deleting a file does not actually remove it from the repository.
Deleted files can be resurrected by syncing them to a prior
version. The only way to permanently remove a file is to use the
p4 obliterate
command. This command is
irreversible and expensive, so it is only available to those with
admin access.
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documentation before
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