How do I delete a workspace that has pending files when that workspace has already been removed from disk?

Caveats:

• p4 command line only; not p4v gui
• regular user access; no admin access

Scenario:

• create a workspace named user_workspace on the disk in the ~/my_workspace directory
• p4 edit files in work开发者_如何学JAVAspace on the default pending changelist
• remove workspace by hand (rm -rf ~/my_workspace)
  • workspace still exists on server with pending files

Solutions that don't work:

1: Delete workspace

Doesn't work because the workspace has files opened.

p4 client -d user_workspace

Client 'user_workspace' has files opened; use -f to force delete.

2: Delete workspace with force

Doesn't work because not admin.

p4 client -d -f user_workspace

You don't have permission for this operation.

3: Delete the pending changelist; then delete workspace (try 1)

p4 changes -c user_workspace -s pending

Only lists pending numbered changelists, does not handle the default pending changelist.

p4 -c user_workspace -d changelist_number

Not possible because there is no changelist number for the pending changelist.

4: Delete the pending changelist; then delete workspace (try 2)

Trying to do a p4 revert on a directory that does not exist anymore gives a strange error.

p4 revert ~/my_workspace

/home/user/my_workspace - must refer to client 'user_workspace'.

p4 -c user_workspace revert ~/my_workspace

/home/user/my_workspace - must refer to client 'user_workspace'.

setenv P4CLIENT user_workspace; p4 -c user_workspace revert ~/my_workspace

/home/user/my_workspace - must refer to client 'user_workspace'.

1. Revert the pending changelist

Have to use Perforce depot notation instead of local directory notation because the local directory does not exist anymore.

p4 -c user_workspace revert -k //...

//blah/blah/blah/file#rev - was edit, reverted

2. Delete the client workspace

p4 client -d user_workspace

Client user_workspace deleted.

this will give you the pending changes on the client

p4 changes -c user_workspace

this will delete the pending change list of your choice

p4 change -d <change list number>

after that, you can delete the client using

p4 client -d user_workspace 

The command line did not work for me. It kept reporting "over license quota" for any commands. I probably have something configured wrong related to that. This would mean I would have to first correct that problem and then use the above solution. However, I found another way to fix this issue using the p4v client.

The junk workspaces were old workspaces from my previous computer. Those without any files checked out I was able to right-click delete in the workspaces tab view. Those workspaces with files left checked out I was not able to remove as other are experiencing. To removes these I had to take a few extra steps.

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* Alternatively: Try these four step using only the p4v client *

1. Edit the workspace and just blank out the host field of the old workspace. In another thread I read this allows editing from any computer.
2. Switch to the workspace
3. Revert the files in the WORKSPACE view; there was no need to sync the files to my local machine
4. Delete the workspace after switching back to the workspaces tab.

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I hope this helps someone.

Wrote this script called p4-delete-client for deleting a p4 client (which has changelists & other problems).
It has the following features:

• automatically deletes changelists (reverts pending & deletes shelved)
• fixes hostname (if differs from the one the client was created on)
• unlocks the client if locked
• deletes the client
• deletes associated files (can be configured not to from arguments)

Note that the script relies on other scripts in the repo.

The rm -rf command only deleted files on your system, the workspace still exists in perforce. If you want to delete it, you have to revert the files first.

p4 revert ~/my_workspace p4 client -d user_workspace