This is just an FYI communication to share knowledge. I noticed in RBTools source the following comment:
# XXX: fstat *ought* to work, but Perforce doesn't supply the movedFile
# field in fstat (or apparently anywhere else) when a change is
# shelved. For now, _diff_pending will avoid calling this method at all
# for shelved changes, and instead treat them as deletes and adds.
This is possible, though, if you use the Perforce client name associated with the shelved change. For example, here's a shelved change that contains a moved file and is associated with client "masseyk_priv":
$ p4 changes -umasseyk -sshelved -m1
Change 2464690 on 2022/04/19 by masseyk@masseyk_priv pending 'Test Testing Done: Bug Number:'
If I run fstat within another client, I don't get movedFile:
$ p4 client -o | grep '^Client:'
Client: masseyk_build-vmshared
$ p4 fstat -T depotFile,movedFile //depot/Priv/masseyk/manifest-test4/text-2-move@=2464690
... depotFile //depot/Priv/masseyk/manifest-test4/text-2-move
But if I specify client "massey_priv" in this command, I do:
$ p4 -c masseyk_priv fstat -T depotFile,movedFile //depot/Priv/masseyk/manifest-test4/text-2-move@=2464690
... depotFile //depot/Priv/masseyk/manifest-test4/text-2-move
... movedFile //depot/Priv/masseyk/manifest-test4/text-2
(I don't know why Perforce works this way.)
For the record, here's my Perforce info:
$ p4 info
User name: masseyk
Client name: masseyk_build-vmshared
Client host: ubuntu
Client root: /s/vmshared/clients/build
Current directory: /s/vmshared/clients/build/apps/lib/build/rbutils
Peer address: 10.118.252.166:33142
Client address: 10.21.243.247
Server address: perforce-releng.eng.vmware.com:1850
Server root: /p4d/perforce-releng_1850
Server date: 2022/04/21 06:28:15 -0700 PDT
Server uptime: 4323:04:10
Server version: P4D/LINUX26X86_64/2020.2/2179691 (2021/09/02)
ServerID: perforce-releng_1850
Server services: standard
Proxy address: bos2-prd-rdev-p4p001a.eng.vmware.com:1850
Proxy version: P4P/LINUX26X86_64/2020.2/2112800 (2021/04/08)
Server license: Vmware, Inc. 4823 users (support ends 2022/05/19) (expires 2022/05/19)
Server license-ip: 127.0.0.1
Case Handling: sensitive
