Hello. We have a 500Gb stream in our project. I want to work in a “branch”, “stream”, “path” i don’t know exactly what to call it… i will work on a small amount of data (specific directories) - (about 1-2Gb). What shall I do? create a task stream? I read somewhere something about a “shared path” , but other than a single page there´s no doc about how to create and use it and then merge it with the main stream. Is there a way to work like this? Can i work on a small part of the main stream? Or better yet, work only on what i “check out” from the main stream into the “task stream”?
Hey @Paulo_Egidio!
So the way Perforce Helix Core works, you’ll “Check out” files you wish to work on. This keeps others from saving these files while you are working on them. Until you return them, you are on your own “branch” with those files.
There is no way to only work on what you check out, however, when you save something it requires you to “Check Out” the file. This ensures you have the files you need and blocks others from interfering accidentally. Once you COMMIT the files and upload them, it archives the old version of the file and replaces them with the new files, and then everyone else must sync those files to have the current version.
I hope this helped clear things up!