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I backed a change out of one codeline, but I don't want to back it out
of the codeline that's branched from it. Now, every time I integrate
between the two codelines, Perforce wants to integrate the backing-out
change. Is there a way to tell it not to?
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I assume you've backed out the change using the method describe in
Tech Note 14, where you submit a change that puts files back to their
old contents.
You do have to integrate this backing-out change, but you can
choose to "ignore" it. Consider this scenario:
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changelist 245 was originally submitted into //depot/main.
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//depot/main was integrated into //depot/branch
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@245 was backed out of //depot/main, and the change that did
that was @250.
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The next time you integrate from //depot/main to //depot/branch,
Perforce will want to propagate @250 -- that is, it will want to
back the same change out of //depot/branch that it did out out
//depot/main. Which is not what you want, in your case.
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What you have to do now is integrate @250 from main to branch,
using the <b>resolve</b> step to tell Perforce you want the
the actual deltas to be ignored. Here's how:
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p4 integ //depot/main/...@250,@250 //depot/branch/...
p4 resolve -ay
p4 submit
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<i>(March 1998)</i>
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