Putting it all together

Combining the various elements allows you to build aliases.

• Make a new task stream

  If your streams are stored in the depot named //stream, here’s how you would make a new task stream:

  newTaskStream $(task) $(parent) = stream -o -t task -P //stream/$(parent) \
                              //stream/$task) > $(streamSpec) &&
                              stream -i < $(streamSpec) &&
                              populate -r -S //stream/$(task) &&
                              client -s -S //stream/$(task) &&
                              sync

  Then switching to a new stream becomes simple:

  $ p4 newTaskStream job084103 bp-dev

• Delete a stream permanently with p4 obliterate

  delete-stream $(branch) = stream -d //stream/$(branch) &&
                          obliterate -y //stream/$(branch)...

• Make an alias of an alias

  checkout = sync
  commit = submit
  
  co  = checkout
  cmt = commit