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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 - Delete files and history from a Stream(Permission issue)

I'm trying to delete the files and history from a Stream I tried "p4 obliterate" command, but it says "you don't have permission for this operation" but I create this stream and also I'm the only user and also the super user , show by here , So my…
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How to map a Perforce depot's folder to an arbitrary local folder?

I have the following structure on the Perforce server: MyDepot + MyProject + MySubProject + trunk + ... trunk folders/files ... I have my Eclipse workspace for MySubProject in: C:\Users\
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perforce plugin eclipse unable to install

I want to install perforce plugin for eclipse 4.2 juno. On the site it states I need perforce v4.2. I have installed it, I can see the PV4 install - when going Help>about eclipse. I can not see the perforce tab. Can not see the perspective view for…
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P4V allwrite option changes back to default after re-opening

I'm using P4 client (Perforce Visual Client/NTX64/2014.3/1007540, OS: Win8.1), and wand the "Allwrite" option in my workspace to be always on (enables me to edit files without checking them out before). After I check that option in my…
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p4v getting files as writable

Perforce is downloading files to the external hard-drive connected to my MacBookPro as writable ("777"). It's as if the "allwrite" option is set in my workspace, but it's not. I thought Perforce was supposed to mark the files read-only until I…
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Track changes missed by not using "check out and open" a file in perforce

I have a few files that have been edited by an external IDE, I forgot to Check Out the files before making the changes however when I look at the files through P4V the files have changed but the indicator for the file itself shows as nothing has…
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Trigger Jenkins job on checkin

My Source Code management tool is Perforce and Auto-Deployment of the latest build is done using Jenkins. Whenever a new QA build comes-in, two folders would be updated within 2 minutes of each other - namely folder VersionNumber and folder AppFiles…
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p4 revert files not working with -a option using p4api.net method

Trying to revert files in a changelist using -a option in p4api.net method. It used to work for me but now am getting exception with below message. Also p4 edit and p4 revert with -c option works fine but p4 revert with -a option throws below…
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I need to compare the difference between arbitrary version of source side by side using toirtoisegit

I have used perforce (P4V) before, which gives a cool versions history and any version of the source can be dragged and compared between each other. The differences shown or side by side and is evry easy to track. is there something similar that can…
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How do i make use of existing empty changelists in p4v eclipse

I have modified some files and unfortunately i reverted it by right clicking on change list. I checked with local history. No local history for today's date is found. So my current changelist becomes empty due to my revert. So i recreated all the…
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When opening .sql file from the P4V it starts in the new SQL Management Studio instance instead of opening in new tab

When opening .sql file from the P4V it starts in the new SQL Management Studio instance instead of opening in new tab.
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How to revert merging of two branches in perforce p4v client?

Let's assume this scenario. We have 3 branches a,b,c in our perforce depot. First of all, I merged branch "a" into branch "c". Then I merged branch "b" into branch "c". Then I submitted both the merges. After that, I came to know that the branch "a"…
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Rename file and lock issue for P4V

When I use P4V to add one file(mark for add), then I rename the file, so now the file is locked and can not be submitted or deleted. The tip info is "The system cannot find the file specified.". So what am I gonna to do? Thanks.
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p4v automatically sync to head on start-up

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…
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p4v modify new workspace property by script

I'm a new with p4v so please be patient if my questions are "simple" :) Description: I want to write a script that upon any creation of "new workspace" will set its property "Line ending characters for text files:" to "Shared: writes UNIX style…
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