Re: git-p4 submit, Can't clobber writable file
So, I have to keep two copies of source tree at my home directory. One is for Perforce build_scripts workspace, another is for Git build_scripts.git. I normally work at build_scripts.git. But, when I need to submit changes to Perforce, I have to copy changed code from build_scripts.git to build_scripts. Then, p4 submit code into Perforce. Is this the only way of using git-p4?
Note: I cannot use git-p4 submit at build_scripts. It claims "Cannot clobber writable file". Is it a bug of git-p4 or the instruction is not correct?
--- On Tue, 12/2/08, Jing Xue <jingxue@digizenstudio.com> wrote:
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> From: Jing Xue <jingxue@digizenstudio.com>
> Subject: Re: git-p4 submit, Can't clobber writable file
> To: "Gary Yang" <garyyang6@yahoo.com>
> Cc: git@vger.kernel.org
> Date: Tuesday, December 2, 2008, 7:07 PM
> On Tue, Dec 02, 2008 at 02:30:51PM -0800, Gary Yang wrote:
> >
> > I followed the instructions at
> http://modular.math.washington.edu/home/mhansen/git-1.5.5.1/contrib/fast-import/git-p4.txt
> >
> > But, I am not able to git-p4 submit. Any idea?
> >
> > git-p4 clone //build/scripts build_scripts
> > cd build_scripts
> > vi foo.h
> > git commit foo.h
> > git-p4 rebase
> > git-p4 submit
> >
> > from sets import Set;
> > Perforce checkout for depot path //build/scripts/
> located at /home/gyang/workspace/build_scripts/
> > Syncronizing p4 checkout...
> > //build/scripts/foo.h#1 - added as
> /home/gyang/workspace/build_scripts/foo.h
> > Can't clobber writable file
> /home/gyang/workspace/build_scripts/foo.h
> > //build/scripts/foo.c#1 - added as
> /home/gyang/workspace/build_scripts/foo.c
> > Can't clobber writable file
> /user/home/gyang/workspace/build_scripts/foo.c
> > ......
> > command failed: p4 sync ...
>
> You might want to clone to a git working dir different than
> the p4
> working dir.
>
> For instance, if your p4 workspace has the working dir set
> to
> build_scripts/, try 'git p4 clone //build/scripts
> build_scripts.git'.
>
> You would then normally work under build_scripts.git/.
> build_scripts/
> would only be used by git-p4 at submission time.
>
> Cheers.
> --
> Jing Xue