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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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Perforce "Connect to server failed" when connecting to xxxxx.dyndns.org, but it works via 192.168.1.75

So I've had a Perforce server running on my MacPro for several years. It is set to register itself as xxxxx.dyndns.org, so other users can connect from off my LAN. Suddenly, today, I can no longer connect via xxxxx.dyndns.org:1666. I get an…
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How to find all the Pending CLs in Perforce that contain a file in shelved mode?

I have started using Perforce and have made a lot of pending changelists which have files shelved. I was trying to find a specific change in a file. Is it possible that i can narrow down my search to only those changelists that actually have the…
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How can I see the branch history of a directory in P4V?

In P4V I can select a file, view its history, and use the options under the "show branch history" button to see changes made in other branches. When I select a directory however, the "show branch history" button disappears. How do I view the history…
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perforce unshelving in other branch with partial mapping

Let's say I've shelved files A,B,C I now want to unshelf this into a different branch, but my spec only has files A,B Is there any way to do this so that perforce will unshelf the files that are mapped and ignore the rest? Right now I get an error…
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Is there a way in Perforce we can create views as in cleartool

General question: Can we create views in perforce likewise we do in cleartool? I know we can create a workspace in perforce.
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How to get changed line numbers of a perforce change list from C#/P4.net code

I am working on a perforce client plug-in and need help to get the changed line numbers. I have been able to get the change list and all the files are available locally. Since it is a custom convenience tool, I can't ask for passwords for this…
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Perforce Server connection error in Mac OS X

Good Day everyone! I am trying to configure perforce server in OS X(10.8.4) . I tried to follow instructions from here. In fact i am not sure if i am doing it right ! Please check the commands below that i entered in Terminal. Last login: Sun Sep …
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git p4 submit -- fails on 'could not determine file type'?

Periodically, when I'm doing git p4 submit, I get a nasty error: Could not determine file type for rails_project/public/favicon.ico (result: '//mydepot/main/rails_project/public/favicon.ico#1 - add default change (binary+l) *exclusive*') In each…
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Can P4V integrate revisions from deleted files?

I want to merge some specific changes from one part of a Perforce depot to another. The trouble is, the source folder is deleted at HEAD. This means that when I go to add the source folder in the Merge/Integrate dialog, it doesn't show up in the…
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How to use date filter in P4V

I want to filter the Submitted changelist by using the Dates Is there any way to achieve this? Its possible in command line using p4 changes @2011/04/01,@now but I want it in P4V
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Overwrite from branch

I have two branches _trunk and _dev. There is a folder (actually it's config) where intensive work is performed in both branches. Now I need to merge from _trunk to _dev. But I need to merge only the code. The config should be REPLACED. I'm not sure…
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How to set P4CHARSET in P4V Client?

When I attempt to run a tool in P4V to get me my latest changelist, it gives the following error: Unicode clients require a unicode enabled server. The tool is configured like so: However, if I run the same command directly from the command line…
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perforce: controlling permissions without involving super user access

We are using perforce in my company and heavily rely on it. I need some suggestion for the following scenario: Our Depot structure is something like this: //depot /product1 /component1 /component2 . . …
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Label move afterwards

In my Perforce workspace was one file squirtle.txt. In Windows Explorer, I renamed it to blastoise.txt and made some changes to it in Notepad . In P4V I ran reconcile offline work, now in my changelist I have file squirtle.txt marked as 'deleted'…
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How to use TortoiseMerge from Perforce P4V?

How can I configure Perforce to use the tool TortoiseMerge for diff and merging? I tried arguments /base:%1 /mine:%2 following http://tortoisesvn.net/docs/release/TortoiseMerge_en/tme-automation.html and…
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