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Change the location and/or layout of your workspace

To change the location of files in your workspace, issue the p4 client command and change either or both of the Root: and View: fields. Before changing these settings, ensure that you have no files checked out (by submitting or reverting open files).

If you’re using streams, you must change the Paths: field in the stream spec, rather than the View: field, in the client spec.

If you intend to modify both fields, perform the following steps to ensure that your workspace files are located correctly:

  1. To remove the files from their old location in the workspace, issue the p4 sync …​#none command.
  2. Change the Root: field. (The new client workspace root directory must exist on your computer before you can retrieve files into it.)
  3. To copy the files to their new locations in the workspace, perform a p4 sync. (If you forget to perform the p4 sync …​#none before you change the workspace view, you can always remove the files from their client workspace locations manually).
  4. Users of streams, change the Paths: field in the stream spec. Users of classic Helix Server branches, change the View: field in the client spec.
  5. Again, perform a p4 sync. This time, syncing changes the layout of the workspace. The files in the client workspace are synced to their new locations.