masseyk

4968: How to find 'movedFile' for Perforce shelved changes

masseyk 
This is just an FYI communication to share knowledge. I noticed in RBTools source the following comment:


    # XXX: fstat *ought* to work, but Perforce doesn't supply the movedFile
    # field in fstat (or apparently anywhere else) when a change is
    # shelved. For now, _diff_pending will avoid calling this method at all
    # for shelved changes, and instead treat them as deletes and adds.



This is possible, though, if you use the Perforce client name associated with the shelved change. For example, here's a shelved change that contains a moved file and is associated with client "masseyk_priv":


$ p4 changes -umasseyk -sshelved -m1

Change 2464690 on 2022/04/19 by masseyk@masseyk_priv pending 'Test Testing Done:  Bug Number:'


If I run fstat within another client, I don't get movedFile:


$ p4 client -o | grep '^Client:'

Client: masseyk_build-vmshared

$ p4 fstat -T depotFile,movedFile //depot/Priv/masseyk/manifest-test4/text-2-move@=2464690

... depotFile //depot/Priv/masseyk/manifest-test4/text-2-move


But if I specify client "massey_priv" in this command, I do:


$ p4 -c masseyk_priv fstat -T depotFile,movedFile //depot/Priv/masseyk/manifest-test4/text-2-move@=2464690

... depotFile //depot/Priv/masseyk/manifest-test4/text-2-move

... movedFile //depot/Priv/masseyk/manifest-test4/text-2


(I don't know why Perforce works this way.)


For the record, here's my Perforce info:


$ p4 info

User name: masseyk

Client name: masseyk_build-vmshared

Client host: ubuntu

Client root: /s/vmshared/clients/build

Current directory: /s/vmshared/clients/build/apps/lib/build/rbutils

Peer address: 10.118.252.166:33142

Client address: 10.21.243.247

Server address: perforce-releng.eng.vmware.com:1850

Server root: /p4d/perforce-releng_1850

Server date: 2022/04/21 06:28:15 -0700 PDT

Server uptime: 4323:04:10

Server version: P4D/LINUX26X86_64/2020.2/2179691 (2021/09/02)

ServerID: perforce-releng_1850

Server services: standard

Proxy address: bos2-prd-rdev-p4p001a.eng.vmware.com:1850

Proxy version: P4P/LINUX26X86_64/2020.2/2112800 (2021/04/08)

Server license: Vmware, Inc. 4823 users (support ends 2022/05/19) (expires 2022/05/19) 

Server license-ip: 127.0.0.1

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