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p4 — Perforce Version Control System. More information: <https://help.perforce.com/helix-core/server-apps

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Problem

How to use the p4 command: Perforce Version Control System. More information: <https://help.perforce.com/helix-core/server-apps/cmdref/current/Content/CmdRef/commands.html>.

Solution

p4 — Perforce Version Control System. More information: <https://help.perforce.com/helix-core/server-apps/cmdref/current/Content/CmdRef/commands.html>.

Log in to the Perforce service:

p4 login -a

Create a client:

p4 client

Copy files from depot into the client workspace:

p4 sync

Create or edit changelist description:

p4 change

Open a file to edit:

p4 edit -c {{changelist_number}} {{path/to/file}}

Open a new file to add it to the depot:

p4 add

Display list of files modified by changelist:

p4 describe -c {{changelist_number}}

Submit a changelist to the depot:

p4 submit -c {{changelist_number}}

Code Snippets

p4 login -a

Create a client

p4 client

Copy files from depot into the client workspace

p4 sync

Create or edit changelist description

p4 change

Open a file to edit

p4 edit -c {{changelist_number}} {{path/to/file}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/p4

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