Questions tagged [p4v]

P4V is the cross platform GUI for the Perforce revision control system.

P4V is the cross platform GUI for the Perforce revision control system. It replaced the now deprecated P4Win GUI, which was only available on Windows.

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Helix P4V Server IGNORE file not working with P4V client

I setup a P4V server on my machine successfully and was able to set a P4IGNORE file. To test this, I added a test.txt file to be ignore on add. When I add a test.txt file to my local repo and mark it for add it isn't ignored and gets pushed to the…
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Is it possible to use a perforce workspace on unix and windows machine both?

I want to create a perforce workspace on a unix machine and edit files in the workspace on the same machine. Then use the p4v client on a windows machine to access the unix workspace, manage changelist for the files changed on unix and submit them.…
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Perforce Ghost Depots

I administer a Perforce p4d server at a faculty at a university. Recently I accidentally created 2 Depots and 2 Groups (using a python script) with names including a BOM in front of the name. The character set of the server is utf8 (without…
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Connecting to Perforce Personal Server on Lan

I have created a Personal Server using the P4V "Helix Client" on my Windows 10 workstation at home. I would like to be able to connect to this server from my laptop on the LAN so that I can pull from it. (To make sure that everything that is…
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p4 diff2 not showing difference of two files

I'm using P4 python version, and tried to get the difference of two files. However, it only returns filename and version. l=p4.run("diff2","//a/b/c.h#42","//a/b/c.h#11") print(l) and the output is [{'status': 'content', 'depotFile': '//a/b/c.h',…
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How to compare files using 010 Editor in Perforce/P4V

I'm trying to use 010 Editor v8.0.1 as the diff program for binary files in P4V, especially those which I have a template script for (eg, EXEs). According to the -compare documentation on 010's site, the commandline I want to use is…
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Github version of Perforce's explicit check-out feature

I've recently moved to Github (VS2017's built-in support) from Perforce for some individual projects. There is a feature in Perforce called "make writable" that allowed you to write to a file locally and then only submit it to the server by…
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How to get all changelist (including integrated ones) between two revision?

I need to list all changelists of a steam between two revisions. p4 changes command can list all changelists that we submitted into a branch in between two revisions. p4 changes //depot/stream/...@from_revision,to_revision While this command works…
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Perforce Error: %t argument "No object selected in active pane" cannot run C:\Users\User\Perforce\testCutsomToot.bat

I am trying to test 1 custom tool in perforce below steps i am doing : 1.) Click on Tools | Manage Custom Tools... 2.) Click on New | Tool... i added new tool , but its giving error when i am passing %t as argument to the tool %t is the default…
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Perforce p4ignore with P4v

Does anyone know how to ignore files and/or directories with P4V? I added p4ignore by p4 command line, but P4V does not pickup that. Thank you in advance for your help.
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Perforce: How can I get files "as of" a date or revision from before a branch action?

Consider the following revisions of a file: branch -1---2--- / / main 100--101-102--103---104--- I am currently in my branch and the file is synced to…
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p4v crash on stream graph with unicode(utf8,bom,noBom)

I install perforce server to centos 7.4 with 'p4 -u xxx init -C0 -xi' P4D/LINUX26X86_64/2017.2/1579154 (2017/10/12). when I connect to the server and view stream graph, the p4v crash on stream graph view. I think it relates to connection character…
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P4V save current state

I am using the perforce gui application P4V (not my first choice, but that's what I need to use). Every time I close P4V and open it again I have to find my stream in a sea of countless streams, so that I can show my stream as a graph and also…
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Perforce Streams - Importing a stream which imports other streams

When importing a stream, is there a way to have the files from the imported stream's imports pulled into the workspace? For example: StreamA StreamB imports StreamA StreamC imports StreamB I would like to know if there is a way for a workspace of…
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How to list all the files that are checked in under perforce job?

I got a perforce job and would like to list all the files that are checked in against the job for code review. I want full file path for those files. How can I achieve it?
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