How to rename branch specification in perforce?

Question

I would like to know how to rename the specification of a branch (aka, "display branches") in perforce. The P4V client does not allow editing the specification name of a branch.

Is it possible to simply add another branch specification, copy the settings and delete the old one?

Answer 1

Perforce does not provide a mechanism for renaming a branch specification. Perhaps they fear that you might accidentally break some scripts if you go over and rename one?

Yes, it’s safe to create a new one, copy the settings from the old one and delete it (provided that nothing depends on the specification of the branch with this old name, of course).

Answer 2

The absence of renaming of industry specifications applies to all specifications (users, groups, customers, labels, tasks, etc.). The command line command may be useful here:

p4 branch -o OLDBRANCH | sed -e "s,OLDBRANCH,NEWBRANCH," | p4 branch -i && p4 branch -d OLDBRANCH 

Answer 3

Check out this link:

http://kb.perforce.com/article/24/renaming-depot-directories

The procedure depends on the version of your server. For example, on 2009+ servers, you use pedit and pmove to rename and save file history.

Answer 4

Yes. But you need to do p4 integration to get the files. This is what p4v does "copy or rename." Use the rename option, which also deletes old files.