Perforce
Perforce is a fast software configuration management system developed by Perforce Software.
Note: Enable the Perforce plugin to use it.
Configuring Perforce
To set Perforce preferences, select Preferences > Version Control > Perforce:
In P4 command, set the path to the command-line client executable.
Set workspace details in P4 user, P4 client, and P4 port.
Using Configuration Files
To specify workspace details individually for several projects, use configuration files:
- Create a
p4config.txt
configuration file for each project in the top level project directory. - Go to Preferences > Version Control > Perforce.
- Clear Environment Variables.
- To set
P4CONFIG
to use the file that you created, run the following command from the command line once:p4 set P4CONFIG=p4config.txt
For more information about using the P4CONFIG
variable, see Perforce: P4CONFIG.
Editing Files
In addition to the standard version control system functions described in Use common VCS Functions, you can select Tools > Perforce > Edit File to open a file for editing within the client workspace. By default, files are automatically opened for editing. To disable this feature, select Preferences > Version Control > Perforce, and then clear the Automatically open files when editing check box.
To list files that are open for editing, select Tools > Perforce > Opened.
To group files for commit, select Tools > Perforce > Pending Changes.
To view information about change lists and the files in them, select Tools > Perforce > Describe.
See also Enable and disable plugins, Set up version control systems, Use common VCS functions, and Version Control Systems.