什么是 perforce 流？

Question

我只知道工作区是一个对象，它将服务器中的一组文件映射到用户的文件系统上。

之前用过git，还不太懂流的概念。它与git中的分支相同吗？那么如何向 Git 用户解释流？

Answer 1

如果您已经熟悉 Perforce 的文件间分支系统（即 Perforce 中的每个“分支”都是 depot 中的一组不同文件），那么很容易将流理解为自动管理的分支你。流定义了分支所在的 depot 目录、该分支的工作区视图是什么样的，以及更改如何传播到其他分支。 （在非托管的“经典”分支中，这些概念存在于每个分支中，但并未正式化；流为所有这些操作提供了一层语法糖和流程执行。）

如果您完全不熟悉 Perforce 并且来自 git，是的，最简单的心理映射是“stream = branch”。使用p4 switch -c NEWBRANCH 代替git checkout -b NEWBRANCH，使用p4 switch BRANCH 代替git checkout BRANCH。

这是一个演示（从头开始，使用 p4 init）创建一个新流，对其进行更改，然后将该更改合并回主线：

C:\Perforce\test4>p4 init -C1 -n
Server bob-dvcs-1592407491 saved.

C:\Perforce\test4>p4 switch -l
main *

C:\Perforce\test4>echo "here's a test file" > foo

C:\Perforce\test4>p4 add foo
//stream/main/foo#1 - opened for add

C:\Perforce\test4>p4 submit -d "my first file!"
Submitting change 1.
Locking 1 files ...
add //stream/main/foo#1
Change 1 submitted.

C:\Perforce\test4>p4 switch -c dev
dev

C:\Perforce\test4>p4 switch -l
dev *
main

C:\Perforce\test4>p4 edit foo
//stream/dev/foo#1 - opened for edit

C:\Perforce\test4>echo "a change" >> foo

C:\Perforce\test4>p4 submit -d "my first edit!"
Submitting change 3.
Locking 1 files ...
edit //stream/dev/foo#2
Change 3 submitted.

C:\Perforce\test4>p4 filelog foo
//stream/dev/foo
... #2 change 3 edit on 2020/06/17 by bob@bob-dvcs-1592407491 (text) 'my first edit!'
... ... copy into //stream/main/foo#2
... #1 change 2 branch on 2020/06/17 by bob@bob-dvcs-1592407491 (text) 'Populate //stream/dev.'
... ... branch from //stream/main/foo#1

C:\Perforce\test4>p4 switch main

C:\Perforce\test4>cat foo
"here's a test file"

C:\Perforce\test4>p4 merge --from dev
//stream/main/foo#1 - integrate from //stream/dev/foo#2
... must resolve content from //stream/dev/foo#2

C:\Perforce\test4>p4 resolve -am
c:\Perforce\test4\foo - merging //stream/dev/foo#2
Diff chunks: 0 yours + 1 theirs + 0 both + 0 conflicting
//bob-dvcs-1592407491/foo - copy from //stream/dev/foo

C:\Perforce\test4>p4 submit -d "my first merge!"
Submitting change 4.
Locking 1 files ...
integrate //stream/main/foo#2
Change 4 submitted.

C:\Perforce\test4>cat foo
"here's a test file"
"a change"

C:\Perforce\test4>p4 filelog foo
//stream/main/foo
... #2 change 4 integrate on 2020/06/17 by bob@bob-dvcs-1592407491 (text) 'my first merge!'
... ... copy from //stream/dev/foo#2
... #1 change 1 add on 2020/06/17 by bob@bob-dvcs-1592407491 (text) 'my first file!'
... ... branch into //stream/dev/foo#1