P4 Fstat Returning Only Files Missing from the Workspace
Is It Possible to Get an Fstat (Or Any Other Command) to Return a List of All "Existing" Files (Nothing Thats Been Deleted/Archived/Etc) That Don't Exist on...
Is it possible to get an fstat (or any other command) to return a list of all "existing" files (nothing thats been deleted/archived/etc) that dont exist on the users current workspace?
ideally, examples would be in python but standard p4 commands are fine too.
1 Answer
Assuming you mean files that were previously synced but have since been removed from the workspace, the standard command for this is p4 diff -sd:
diff -- Display diff of client file with depot file
p4 diff [-d<flags> -f -m max -Od -s<flag> -t] [file[rev] ...]
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The -s options lists the files that satisfy the following criteria:
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-sd Unopened files that are missing on the client.
You can also use p4 reconcile -n -d, p4 status -d, etc.
If you're simply looking for files that haven't been synced, that's just p4 sync -n. Files listed as added are those that are completely missing from the workspace and would hence be added to it by a sync.
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