Anybody have a script or alias to find untracked (really: unadded) files in a Perforce tree? EDIT: I updated the accepted answer on this one since it looks like P4V added support for this in the January 2009 release. ...
Our dev shop currently uses Visual SourceSafe. We all know how that could end up (badly), so we're investigating other systems. First up is Perforce. Does anyone have experience with using it and its integration into Visual Studio (2003/2005/2008)? Is it as good as any other, or is it pretty solid with good features, comparatively? ...
I've always used Subversion or CVS for version control, which use a 'merge' methodology. One of my friends raves about Perforce and how great it is with its change lists and check-out methodology. While I'm sure a lot of it comes down to experience & personal preference, I was wondering if any research had been done into which method o...
Does anyone know how to setup Mercurial to use p4merge as the merge/diff tool on OS X 10.5? ...
A question that occasionally arises is what is the best way to determine the changelist that you last synced to in Perforce. This is often needed for things like injecting the changelist number into the revision info by the automatic build system. ...
Anyone know of a way to use SVK with perforce? The docs seem to imply it used to be possible, but some mailing list messages claim that is no longer the case? ...
I sometimes use the feature 'Reconcile Offline Work...' found in Perforce's P4V IDE to sync up any files that I have been working on while disconnected from the P4 depot. It launches another window that performs a 'Folder Diff'. I have files I never want to check in to source control (like ones found in bin folder such as DLLs, code gen...
Is there an equivalent of svn's blame for Perforce on the command line? p4 annotate doesn't display usernames -- only changeset numbers (without ancestor history!). I currently have to track code back through ancestors and compare against the filelog, and there just has to be an easier way -- maybe a F/OSS utility? ...
There are about 200 projects in cvs and at least 100 projects in vss. Some are inactive code in maintenance mode. Some are legacy apps. Some are old apps no longer in use. About 10% are in active development. The plan is to move everything to perforce my end of year 2009. Has anyone done a large migration like this? Has anyone come ac...
Hi I am new to Perforce and I am only used to CVS. Question : How can I figure out the state of the files in my client, I want to know if the file needs an updated, or patched, or modified etc. In CVS, I used to simply run "cvs -n -q update . > file". Later look for M,U,P,C attributes to get the current status of the file. In perfo...
In a web-app I'm writing, the user is supposed to enter the path in the Perforce repository for the node they're entering. The application is supposed to validate that the entered directory exists in the repo. I've got the P4Package (p4.jar) lib, and I'm configuring it correctly enough that it works for almost everything, EXCEPT this d...
I have a file I need to move that's already under perforce. Once moved it needs some editing - update the package, etc - appropriate to its new location. Should I submit the move changespec and then reopen it for edit, or can I do this in one go? If so, what is the appropriate sequence of events? ...
The company just imported our CVS repository into Perforce. I'm new to P4V and I can't work out how to create a branch from an existing label. Can anyone tell me how to do this? ...
I use Perforce for source control at work and I want to 'open for edit' files that under source control from within Emacs. How can that be done? What do I need to setup in Emacs? Is there a plug in? I also want to perform other p4 operations such as submitting my changes, etc. ...
I have a large quantity of clearcase data which needs to be migrated into perforce. The revisions span the better part of a decade and I need to preserve as much branch and tag information as possible. Additionally we make extensive use of symbolic links, supported in clearcase but not in perforce. What advice or tools can you suggest...
Does anyone know a good tool for drawing SCM codeline diagrams? Currently we tend to do this using anything at hand e.g. PowerPoint, Visio, Paint Shop Pro, etc. It's a pity Visio doesn't include a standard stencil for this type of diagram. We use Perforce which includes tools for producing branching diagrams, but really suited to single...
How do I get a list of the files checked out by users (including the usernames) using P4V or P4? I want to provide a location and see a list of any files under that location (including sub folders) that are checked out. ...
Can I rename a folder in Perforce from //depot/FooBar/ to //depot/Foobar/? I've tried this by renaming from //depot/FooBar/ to //depot/Temp/ to //Depot/Foobar/ but the end result ends up the same as //depot/FooBar/. ...
On occasion, I find myself wanting to search the text of changelist descriptions in Perforce. There doesn't appear to be a way to do this in P4V. I can do it by redirecting the output of the changes command to a file... p4 changes -l > p4changes.txt ...(the -l switch tells it to dump the full text of the changelist descriptions) and...
My team has been using SVN for a few years. We now have the option of switching to Perforce. What would be the benefits (and pitfalls) of making such a switch? ...