Deleting new files after a p4 revert

Question

My workflow for testing my changes to our source code on a remote machine is the following:

1) On local machine: Shelve changes that I\'d like to test

2) On remo

Answer 1

Edit: just reread your question - this is a workaround, perhaps not a full solution...

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There is a setting in P4Win that allows you to overwrite files when unshelving:

• Overwrite workspace files even if they are writeable

I normally use that in combination with another option (again in the gui):

• Revert checked our files before unshelving

They solve my problem.

Looking in the console output while running this from the gui, it looks like it is the -f parameter in the unshelve command.

• p4 unshelve -s <changelist> -f -c <changelist> <files>

Answer 2

I think what you're looking for is p4 revert -w. From the help:

The -w flag causes files that are open for add to be deleted from the workspace when they are reverted.

Note: I'm using the 2013.2/719516 client against a 2013.2/708877 server, in case that switch was added recently...