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Perforce stream view import path strips file extension

I have 2 streams right now, and in my second stream I want to import certain files from the other stream based on their file extensions.

If I set it up using the following statements:

import from_second_stream/... //second_stream/....xml
import from_second_stream/... //second_stream/....json

It successfully imports all the files in the correct place, but it strips the file extensions. For instance, I have a file in the second stream in this path:

//second_stream/test/myTest.json

Which should get imported as:

from_second_stream/test/myTest.json

But instead becomes:

from_second_stream/test/myTest

What am I doing wrong?

Solution

  • According to Perforce support:

    The path should be:

    import from_second_stream/....json //second_stream/....json

    However it is not allowed to have embedded wildcards in stream views, so you will not be able to use that. Instead you need to specify each file in the view:

    import from_second_stream/test/myTest.json //second_stream/test/myTest.json

    So we ended up having to restructure our build system to accommodate this...