VCP::Dest::p4 - p4 destination driver
vcp <source> p4:user:password@p4port:[<dest>] vcp <source> p4:user(client):password@p4port:[<dest>] vcp <source> p4:[<dest>]
The <dest> spec is a perforce repository spec and must begin with // and a depot name ("//depot"), not a local filesystem spec or a client spec. There should be a trailing "/..." specified.
If no user name, password, or port are given, the underlying p4 command will look at that standard environment variables. The password is passed using the environment variable P4PASSWD so it won't be logged in debugging or error messages, the other options are passed on the command line.
If no client name is given, a temporary client name like "vcp_tmp_1234" will be created and used. The P4CLIENT environment variable will not be used. If an existing client name is given, the named client spec will be saved off, altered, used, and restored. the client was created for this import, it will be deleted when complete, regardless of whether the client was specified by the user or was randomly generated. WARNING: If perl coredumps or is killed with a signal that prevents cleanup--like a SIGKILL (9)--the the client deletion or restoral will not occur. The client view is not saved on disk, either, so back it up manually if you care.
THE CLIENT SAVE/RESTORE FEATURE IS EXPERIMENTAL AND MAY CHANGE BASED ON USER FEEDBACK.
VCP::Dest::p4 attempts change set aggregation by sorting incoming revisions. See VCP::Dest/rev_cmp_sub for the order in which revisions are sorted. Once sorted, a change is submitted whenever the change number (if present) changes, the comment (if present) changes, or a new rev of a file with the same name as a revision that's pending. THIS IS EXPERIMENTAL, PLEASE DOUBLE CHECK EVERYTHING!
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Barrie Slaymaker <barries@slaysys.com>
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