If you want to automate p4 to git synchronization, you can use a script which performs all the hard work for you. The idea behind it is simple:
- In git repostory create a branch called p4 (for holding exact state of sources in perforce)
- Do all your work in a separate topic branch
- When you are ready to sync, update the perforce with latest changes and launch the script.
- The script will copy all content from perforce to git location (on p4 branch) and will commit them.
Script samples
This is a sample bash script (for linux) used to sync a perforce project repository with git.
#!/bin/bash
@echo off
local _p4
_p4=/path/to/perforce/project
local _git
_git=/path/to/git/project
cd $_git
echo "Switching to branch p4"
git checkout p4
# Remove all but .git and .
ls -a |grep -v . | xargs rm -rf
echo "DELETE...[OK]"
#Copy P4 -> GIT
cp -rf $_p4/* $_git/
echo "COPY...[OK]"
git add .
git status
git commit -am "sync p4->git"
echo "SYNC...[OK]"Below is a bat script (for windows):
@echo off
SETLOCAL
SET _p4=D:/path/to/perforce/project
SETLOCAL
SET _git=D:/path/to/git/project
cd %_git%
rm -rf %_git%/*
echo "DELETE...[OK]"
cp -rf %_p4%/* .
echo "COPY...[OK]"
git add .
git status
git commit -am "sync p4->git"
echo "SYNC...[OK]"