Perforce - submit only files open for branch, not files open for edit

Question

Quite often when I'm working in a branch in Perforce, I realise I need a file I didn't branch when I initially branched.

So, I add the file to my client, run p4 integrate -b branchname, then p4 submit.

Thing that bugs me is that I then need to go through the list of files for submit, and remove all entries that are open for edit.

I can't see any option in p4 help submit, but it seems like this might be a reasonably common use case.

Answer 1

You can choice to submit a single file on the command-line.

p4 submit <filename>

Then it won't bug you about the other files.

If you have more than one file, then maybe you should move all of the files you are currently editing onto an numbered changelist, or branch onto a numbered changelist, which will provide the separation you want. If you're going to do this, it's much easier to manage numbered changelists from one of the GUIs.

Answer 2

First do

p4 submit

Assuming your p4 editor is vi,

type this command in command mode

g/#.*edit\|#.*add\|#.*delete/d