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Is there a way I can configure my p4v installation on windows to automatically sync all the files in my client to latest revision whenever I launch the viewer?

I am asking this because I do not want to worry about syncing to "head" every time I want to open a file using p4v.

Toby Allen
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user3282982
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    Forcibly syncing (and dealing with merge conflicts) when you might not want to sync sounds like a bad idea. Doing it whenever you launch p4v isn't going to solve your problem anyway; what if the file changes while you happen to have p4v already open? – jamesdlin Feb 07 '14 at 14:50
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    As an alternative approach, I often configure some of my machines with a "cron" job or "Windows Scheduled Task" which runs "p4 sync" each night at, say, midnight, and then does a complete build of the code. Then when I come in each morning, that workspace is nicely up to date with yesterday's changes. Of course, I don't use that workspace for my regular daily work, just for testing and debugging already-committed work, so I don't have to deal with the merge conflicts that @jamesdlin mentions. – Bryan Pendleton Feb 07 '14 at 17:43
  • Ok. I understand the idea of setting up a cron-job to do the every-day syncing. But can I configure p4V windows client so that it syncs the files in my workspace (and not just check for pending updates)? Let us assume that "merge-conflicts" are not an issue since the files concerned are only documents that I will be simply reading and not editing. – user3282982 Feb 08 '14 at 15:43
  • @user3282982 If you truly want this, you could write a script that executes the `p4` command-line program to sync the desired client and then runs `p4v`. – jamesdlin Feb 09 '14 at 20:13
  • "Questions about general computing hardware and software are off-topic for Stack Overflow **unless they directly involve tools used primarily for programming**. You may be able to get help on Super User."... To which Perforce I think would qualify, what is programming these days without proper source control. – Newtopian Aug 04 '15 at 15:57

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You can select the "Automatically get all revisions" option on the workspace in question. From p4v edit the workspace, it is on the basic tab at the bottom.

The Edit Workspace Window

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