How “p4 changes” work on deleted path

Question

Suppose the following event happen in chronicle order.

1. A file get deleted on path '//depot/Tool/Web/test.html' in changelist 123
2. The folder, which only contain that file, get deleted along with the file, so the resulted directory structure is '//depot/Tool/...'
3. At this time, when we issue 'p4 changes //depot/Tool/Web/...', will we get an error?
4. Then a file was added to the path that was previously deleted: '//depot/Tool/Web/verify.css' in changelist 456
5. At this time, when we issue 'p4 changes //depot/Tool/Web/...' again, will the changelist 123 appear in the search result?

I am asking this because I want to know how Perforce record the changelist/file/path information.

Answer 1

Yes, changelist 123 will appear at both of the points where you run "p4 changes"; Perforce keeps a complete history of all files and directories.

The change information is stored in metadata separate from the files themselves.