Adding description when branchen in Perforce using P4python

Question

I already figured out how to branch and submit my changes however since I use a project management platform like Jira I also need to write a description on each check ins. This is my code for branching:

result = p4.run("populate", Path+"/...@"+ Changelist, destination)

Where do I write the description? Right now the description is the command itself.

Answer 1

C:\Perforce\test\python>p4 help populate

    populate -- Branch a set of files as a one-step operation

    p4 populate [options] fromFile[rev] toFile
    p4 populate [options] -b branch [-r] [toFile[rev]]
    p4 populate [options] -b branch -s fromFile[rev] [toFile]
    p4 populate [options] -S stream [-P parent] [-r] [toFile[rev]]

        options: -d description -f -m max -n -o

so:

   result = p4.run(
       "populate", 
       "-d",
       "My awesome description",
       f"{src_path}/...@{changelist}", 
       f"{dst_path}/..."
    )

You can also use the integrate and submit commands (note that this requires that dst_path is part of your client view since the files will be opened on your client prior to submit):

p4.run("integrate", f"{src_path}/...@{changelist}", f"{dst_path}/...")
p4.run("submit", "-d", "My awesome description")