How do I move a Perforce “workspace” folder?

Question

I\'ve just downloaded a 4.5GB depot to a location on my hard drive that is not ideal.

I\'d like to move the folder that Perforce now sees as the \"workspace\" folder

Answer 1

If you are using any client (ie: P4V), then you can edit workspace and change the root to the new workspace path.

Answer 2

As long as you know what changelist you last synced to, you can do this without having to sync again. Here's how:

1. Note the last changelist synced
2. Copy/move the folder to the new location
3. Update your workspace (either the root, or the depot mapping) to point at the new location
4. Run p4 flush //depot/path/to/folder/...@<last_changelist>

The flush command tells the server that you have the files at the path specified, at the changelist specified. It's a synonym for p4 sync -k.

Answer 3

in the P4V application:

Open the Workspace dialog: Go to Connection>Edit Current Workspace... change "Workspace root:" to where you like

If you have not already moved the files, P4V will offer to copy them for you.

Answer 4

Mike's answer is almost correct, except that the p4 sync -k is not required when moving a workspace (changing the root). P4 does not care where the root is, it only tracks the files on your machine by workspace/client name.

If you wanted to change the workspace name (which would require you to create a new workspace) and populate it with files from an already synced workspace, you would then need to run p4 sync -k to let the server know that this new workspace has these files at @changeset.