Re: git p4 clone - exclude file types

[FusionX86 <fusionx86@gmail.com>]

Thanks Luke, looks like this does work for excluding files when using
git p4. Great!

Unrelated question...

While using git p4 I have noticed that most of the time the clone/sync
operations hang and I have to keep retrying. The Perforce depot I'm
currently working with is larger than I'd like and has a lot of binary
files which might be the cause. The point it gets to in the clone/sync
is always random and doesn't ever stop on the same files or file
types. Sometimes it'll die soon after starting, but other times it
almost completes and then dies. If I keep retrying, it will eventually
complete. I haven't been able to narrow down the cause, but I do
notice that the git-fast-import stops right as the clone/sync dies.
I'm wondering if git is overwhelmed and terminates. Have you ever seen
this? Any suggestions?

As always, thanks for the help while I work through this migration project.

On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 2:59 PM, Luke Diamand <luke@diamand.org> wrote:
> On 18/05/15 18:59, FusionX86 wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Anyone know of a way to 'git p4 clone' and exclude files by type or
>> name? For example, I want to clone a depot, but not pull down any .exe
>> files. Haven't been able to find an answer in docs or other searches.
>
>
> I think you can use a client spec which excludes the files you want.
>
> First, create a client spec that excludes the files you don't want:
>
> Client: myclient
> View:
>     //depot/mystuff/...  //myclient/...
>     -//depot/mystuff/...exe  //myclient/...exe
>
> Then clone with the --use-client-spec option:
>
> $ export P4CLIENT=myclient
> $ git p4 clone --use-client-spec //depot/mystuff
>
> And later on, when you want to catch up:
>
> $ cd mystuff
> $ git p4 sync --use-client-spec
>
> Luke
>