Re: git-p4: cloning with a change number does not import all files

From: Patrick Rouleau <prouleau72@gmail.com>
Date: Dec 2, 2017, 15:35 UTC
Message-ID: <CAL1_K8A=7xmLCYzWa0ejtwjy9P+rD+D0cqz+kOXCaQWOgQfuEw@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <A6F43B7B-F0AF-46E7-B34B-7D54493E2C8B@gmail.com>

On Fri, Dec 1, 2017 at 7:45 AM, Lars Schneider <larsxschneider@gmail.com> wrote:

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> Oh, I am with you. However, I only used git-p4 for a very short time in the
> way you want to use it. Therefore, I don't have much experience in that kind
> of usage pattern. I was able to convice my management to move all source to
> Git and I used git-p4 to migrate the repositories ;-)
>
> Here is a talk on the topic if you want to learn more:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNixDNtwYJ0
>
> Cheers,
> Lars

Sadly, there is no way I convince the company to switch to git. They have acquired many companies in the past years and they have standardized around Perforce. It is in part because they want access control and they need to store a lot of binary files (including big VM images).

I keep this video close to explain why I like git: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4PFDKIc2fs

Regards, P. Rouleau