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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In Perforce visual client how to link the depot view with the workspace view

so that when we move to a particular file in one view, it automatically navigates to the mapped file in the other view? I had used this before but forgot now how, and there is no menu item anywhere in p4v for doing this.
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How to maintain different changesets in Perforce

I am using Perforce in my work environment. It is actually not Perforce Shell but it is basically a perforce UI called P4. Now, P4 is able to do basic operations for me like check in and check out. However, i come from Git environment and I was…
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How do I see the changes made in a particular module by someone in his/her changelist

A coworker submitted a gigantic changelist (>1000 files) as part of a refactoring, and perforce just shows it as 'There are 1000 files in this changelist'. I'd like to see the changes he made to all files in a folder/module via Perforce p4merge or…
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Undo clear selected from workspace mapping p4v

I was trying to move my workspace root around and did clear workspace mappings in p4v. What this did was clear every subfolder from the mappings. Then when I try to include the whole tree, it only includes the selected folder, since all the…
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Is there a way to know all the files present in a p4 branch

I have a requirement where once a perforce branch is provided,I need to open all the files present in that branch and check for some content,is there a p4 command or python way to do this?Please provide inputs
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Matching Perforce Moves done on Linux to Windows

I have set up a shared workspace using the AltRoots parameter so that I can run my code on a Linux Machine and develop on my Windows Machine (personal preference). I have done some "p4 move"'s on files in Linux. However, these moves do not get…
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How to view all the filespec opened for a user in perforce

Need some help :) I am trying to write a script where given a username, I want to know all the files specs which are opened (user can see /check in / check out) for that user. What I am looking for is something similar to p4 groups -u…
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How to delete some directories after their client workspaces are deleted in perforce?

I am working on perforce on Linux and VMS. I have created 3 directories, each of which has a client name and .p4rc file and mapping. After some work, I do not need these directories. I used perf client -d to delete the client workspaces. But, the…
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customise perforce change number

Is it possible to customize perforce change number. I heared that we can do it. I checked on line but didnt find any solution. For example trying to get change number as power of two, or multiple of 10 etc. Is this possible. Right now i get a…
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Eschew advanced reconcile in P4V

When I try to reconcile, I'm sometimes interrupted by this alert. How can I just do a normal reconcile? Also sometimes I see this same alert when I'm trying to cancel a reconcile. Why doesn't P4V take me straight back to the main window?
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How to filter pending changelist by changelist number

Using p4V client I want to review pending changelist with shelved files. I have the changelist number but can't find a way to filter based on changelist number. I found out about using Ctrl-G to search for pending changelist. However that does not…
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Perforce auto sync

I work in a large evolving code base and use perforce to manage it. The problem is that I need to update it everyday and it takes a long time to do it. I am looking for ways to automate this process. I first thought of writing an script and make it…
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Perforce Connection Failing for Mondrian Source Code Repository

I am attempting to follow http://mondrian.pentaho.com/documentation/developers_guide.php in the download and compilation of the Mondrian source code. I have installed the P4V client from www.perforce.com/downloads/complete_list on a fresh install of…
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How to get complete change history of any function or variable in perforce? (OR) CLs which has changed a function or variable?

I'm interested in one C/C++ function and want to check its complete history of changes made from beginning to current. Other words, I want to see the CLs (ChangeLists) which add, modifies a specific function or variable. Thanks in Advance. Perforce…
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P4V - remove identic files but with different history from changelist

I shelved files from another branch and unshelved them in the current branch. The problem is that now I have around 1500 files in the changelist and I want to remove the files that are identical between the branches. I've tried with Revert Unchanged…
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