From: Luke Diamand <luke@diamand.org>
Date: Mon, 18 May 2015 20:59:41 GMT
Subject: Re: git p4 clone - exclude file types
Message-ID: <555A52BD.1030802@diamand.org>
In-Reply-To: <CAFcBi88K-HEn4JCVkONq3h4O9XS1FFX0OXch2d-VJ2bLEsPM0g@mail.gmail.com>

On 18/05/15 18:59, FusionX86 wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Anyone know of a way to 'git p4 clone' and exclude files by type or
> name? For example, I want to clone a depot, but not pull down any .exe
> files. Haven't been able to find an answer in docs or other searches.

I think you can use a client spec which excludes the files you want.

First, create a client spec that excludes the files you don't want:

Client: myclient
View:
     //depot/mystuff/...  //myclient/...
     -//depot/mystuff/...exe  //myclient/...exe

Then clone with the --use-client-spec option:

$ export P4CLIENT=myclient
$ git p4 clone --use-client-spec //depot/mystuff

And later on, when you want to catch up:

$ cd mystuff
$ git p4 sync --use-client-spec

Luke