Can you “ignore” a file in Perforce?

Question

I sometimes use the feature \'Reconcile Offline Work...\' found in Perforce\'s P4V IDE to sync up any files that I have been working on while disconnected from the P4 depot.

Answer 1

I have found it easiest to reconcile offline work using a BASH script like this one:

#!/bin/bash
# reconcile P4 offline work, assuming P4CLIENT is set
if [ -z "$P4CLIENT" ] ; then echo "P4CLIENT is not set"; exit 1; fi
unset PWD # confuses P4 on Windows/CYGWIN

# delete filew that are no longer present
p4 diff -sd ... | p4 -x - delete

# checkout files that have been changed.  
# I don't run this step.  Instead I just checkout everything, 
# then revert unchanged files before committing.
p4 diff -se ... | pr -x - edit

# Add new files, ignoring subversion info, EMACS backups, log files
# Filter output to see only added files and real errors
find . -type f \
 | grep -v -E '(\.svn)|(/build.*/)|(/\.settings)|~|#|(\.log)' \
 | p4 -x - add \
 | grep -v -E '(currently opened for add)|(existing file)|(already opened for edit)'

I adapted this from this Perforce Knowledge Base article.