What is p4 Unshelve?
What is p4 Unshelve?
Description. The p4 unshelve command retrieves shelved files from the specified pending changelist, opens them in a pending changelist, and copies them to the invoking user’s workspace. By default, the unshelve command acts on both the files and the stream spec.
How do I Unshelve a file in a different branch?
For unshelving between directly related parent/child streams, you can use the “-S stream” option to specify the stream you want to unshelve into. Using -S generates the required branch mappings, otherwise you would have to create a branch mapping yourself and use -b.
What is shelve and Unshelve in Perforce?
After shelving a file, you (or another user) can unshelve it, which restores the shelved copy to your workspace and opens it in the changelist of your choice. Unshelving does not remove files from the shelf. To unshelve a file that was shelved by another user, you must have permission to check out the file.
How do you Unshelve?
Press Ctrl+Shift+U or choose Unshelve from the context menu of the selection.
How do I Unshelve a file?
Unshelve files
- Right-click the file changelist and select Unshelve. P4V displays the Unshelve dialog.
- Clear the check boxes of any files that you do not want to unshelve.
- Select any other desired options.
- Click Unshelve. The shelved files are copied to your workspace and opened in the specified changelist.
How do you Unshelve changes?
Unshelve changes
- In the Shelf tab, select the changelist or the files you want to unshelve.
- Press Ctrl+Shift+U or choose Unshelve from the context menu of the selection.
- In the Unshelve Changes dialog, specify the changelist you want to restore the unshelved changes to in the Name field.
What is p4 protect?
Description. Use the p4 protects command to display the lines from the protections table that apply to a user, group, or set of files. With no options, p4 protects displays the lines in the protections table that apply to the current user.
What is p4 tag?
Description. Use p4 tag to tag specified file revisions with a label. If the file argument includes a revision range specification, only files with revisions in that range are tagged. (If more than one revision of the file exists in the specified range, the highest revision in the specified range is tagged.)
What is P4 unshelve and how does it work?
Access to shelved files from a pending changelist is controlled by the user’s permissions on the files. In addition to the files being unshelved, p4 unshelve also unshelves any open stream specification. For open stream specifications, see p4 stream.
How do I unshelve files in one branch and unshelve in another?
Specifies a branch spec through which the shelved files will be mapped prior to unshelving. This option enables you to shelve files in one branch and unshelve them in another. Specify a changelist number in the user’s workspace into which the files are to be unshelved. By default, p4 unshelve retrieves files into the default changelist.
Is it possible to use P4 unshelve for branch mapping?
You can use P4 unshelve for this, but you have to create a branch mapping namely A_to_B. Note: Please do not forget step 2. P4 do not open them by default in your destination branch.
How do I manage Unshelved files from a pending changelist?
Access to shelved files from a pending changelist is controlled by the user’s permissions on the files. In addition to the files being unshelved, p4 unshelve also unshelves any open stream specification. For open stream specifications, see p4 stream. You can limit the files to be unshelved by specifying a file pattern.
