+ def createShelveParent(self, change, branch_name, sync, origin):
+ """ Create a commit matching the parent of the shelved changelist 'change'
+ """
+ parent_description = p4_describe(change, shelved=True)
+ parent_description['desc'] = 'parent for shelved changelist {}\n'.format(change)
+ files = sync.extractFilesFromCommit(parent_description, shelved=False, shelved_cl=change)
+
+ parent_files = []
+ for f in files:
+ # if it was added in the shelved changelist, it won't exist in the parent
+ if f['action'] in self.add_actions:
+ continue
+
+ # if it was deleted in the shelved changelist it must not be deleted
+ # in the parent - we might even need to create it if the origin branch
+ # does not have it
+ if f['action'] in self.delete_actions:
+ f['action'] = 'add'
+
+ parent_files.append(f)
+
+ sync.commit(parent_description, parent_files, branch_name,
+ parent=origin, allow_empty=True)
+ print("created parent commit for {0} based on {1} in {2}".format(
+ change, self.origin, branch_name))
+