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.
Questions tagged [p4v]
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open p4v at a specific changelist from command-line
We send a changelists log to developers. They may see submissions and click on a link that should open p4v at a specific changelist.
I'm looking for something like
p4v -submitted 12345
or
p4vc submittedchanges 1234
Even tried p4v -cmd ""…
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How to add files containing '@' character to depot using P4V
I have an issue with P4V where I need to add a third party library (WeChat specifically) to source control and it has files in it containing '@' in the file name. P4V seems to URL encode these characters meaning that it cannot find the files when it…
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Issues doing a rollback in p4
I did a manual merge from branch A to B. It caused a build failure and I decided to rollback the manual merge. But when I tried to integrate from A to B again, it did not pick up the changes from A that I rolled back.
This seemed very weird - I was…
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How to detach from stream?
I'm using Perforce 2015.2. I attached my workspace to a Perforce stream with a command similar to:
p4 client -s -S //Product/Main
Now I'd like to detach the workspace from the stream. I tried:
p4 client -s -S //
But got an error:
Stream '//' is…
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Custom Timer & Changelists submission on Perforce
I am trying to come up with a way (if its even possible) to make a custom tool for Perforce that will take 3 sets of different but specific changelists and submit them at a custom time and day of the week. Like 15:00:00 on a Sunday.
I have been…
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Perforce visual client (P4v) shortcut icon not displaying
I run the Perforce Windows client, P4V, on both my office computer and my laptop. On the office computer it displays a standard P4V icon (a silver 'V' in a red circle). On the laptop it displays a generic icon that looks like three colored blobs in…
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How to uncheck "safe update" when getting revision in P4V?
The underlined option; its check-box is grayed out.
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Perforce integration to few branches
I have depot structure like:
- DEV
- MAIN
- REL1.0
- REL1.1
- REL1.2
- ...
- REL2.0
From time to time I face with issue to integrate some "hot fix" from DEV branch to all REL branches. I tried to make this with the help of branch mapping like…
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Deleting Perforce Workspace from cloned VM
Does deleting a workspace only affect local files in perforce, or is there some bookkeeping kept by the perforce server? I've cloned a VM and now have two of the same workspaces on two separate machines, but want to remove one from one machine but…
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Revert file in Perforce P4V from a different computer
I have a couple files checked out in Perforce on a different computer that I won't have access to until tomorrow. I received a request to revert them but I'm not sure how to do that from my home computer. I don't see an option and I can't find any…
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Perforce - revision determination in the workspace
I have just started to use Perforce as a version control and trying to familiarize myself with the functionality. I am using GUI tool P4V.
Question: How do I understand which revision I have in my workspace?
It is clear for me that when I get the…
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Can't point Perforce workspace to a different stream
My main Perforce workspace has somehow ended up pointing to a task stream, rather than our main stream. Now it won't let me change back. When I right click and edit the workspace to try and point it at the main stream I get this error:
Client…
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Unable to change P4 Sandbox remote server connection settings
I recently restored a P4Sandbox. I am now unable pull from the Central Server: it times out. It is attempting to pull using an old IP address. We recently migrated our P4 depot to a new server. How can I update the connection information so that it…
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Show full P4V log
Anyone know how to show the full log in P4V?
I am seeing in my log
p4 revert -a somefile somefile {9 more items}
How do I see these 9 other items?
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How to configure Visual Studio to use Perforce Merge (P4Merge)?
Can I use Perforce merge with Visual Studio and Tortoise SVN?
How can I configure them?
The reason for asking and answering it is that personally I'm a big fan of Perforce, however at the moment I'm working in an SVN environment. This is to document…
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