branch delete using PlasticSCM server CLI / script

[Ofirk]

Hi,

I'm trying to delete a branch using a script running by a trigger.

I get the message "workspace ...  is busy. Try later".

I've noticed that this message is received once I'm running with root privileges.

 

How can I delete a branch from script (running in a trigger context)?

 

Ofir 

[calbzam]

Hi,

The command to delete a branch is:

cm branch delete /main/scm21345

But note that you can only delete a branch if the branch is empty (no changesets inside).

PD: http://blog.plasticscm.com/2018/08/why-we-dont-delete-branches-in-plastic.html

Regards,

Carlos.

[Ofirk]

Thanks Carols,

 

I'm familiar with the command syntax. 

My problem is that if the user is not running with root permillages, the command is rejected.

I can't figure out how to gain root privileges when running from trigger context. I guess the user running is 'plasticscm'. 

 

Ofir  

[calbzam]

Hi,

If you move the "client.conf" from the ".plastic4/client.conf" user folder to the client binaries folder "C:\Program Files\PlasticSCM5\client", all the machine users will be able to use the same Plastic client configuration.

Regards,

Carlos.

[Ofirk]

41 minutes ago, calbzam said:

Hi,

If you move the "client.conf" from the ".plastic4/client.conf" user folder to the client binaries folder "C:\Program Files\PlasticSCM5\client", all the machine users will be able to use the same Plastic client configuration.

Regards,

Carlos.

Thanks Carlos.

For the sake of Linux users (we are in Linux topic 😉 ) need to copy the client.conf to:

/opt/plasticscm5/client/client.conf

 

Ofir

[Ofirk]

Hi,

Finally I resolved the issue

I've created a plastic workspace on the server that manage all trigger's scripts 

The problem was, that in the same folder the script run (and tried to do cm branch delete) there is the .plastic folder of the workspace, and it was not owned by plasticscm user, which run the scripts, thus the scripts kept failing.

Once I changed the ownership of .plastic directory, script is working like a magic.

.plastic is a hidden folder, so it took some time to figure that out.