Questions tagged [perforce]
Perforce is a commercial, proprietary, centralized revision control system.
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How to find owner of a file on a different client?
I want to find the name of the owner of a file that is on a different client on perforce:
p4 filelog <filename>
But I'm getting the following prompt
file(s) not on client.
Vibhusita Singh
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client can't connect to Perforce server
The error:
p4v can't connect to host server
Operation cancelled by user.
Connect to server failed; check $P4PORT.
TCP connect to ec2-3-96-163-100.ca-central-1.compute.amazonaws.com:1666 failed.
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Is it possible and safe to migrate a P4 server from a Mac to PC? If possible is there a resource documenting the steps to do so?
I have a perforce server running on an old mac that I'm afraid may kick it at some point.
Not really wanting to have my next server be on a Mac but rather a PC I'd like to see if I can migrate it ...
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perforce P4 not working when called from vim
when calling p4Edit from vim like this : :!p4 edit /data/test.py
i get an error : test.py - file(s) not in client view.
but when sending the same command from the terminal everything is working well. ...
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Perforce files stored in depot are twice as large
With this command
p4 sizes -a -s -h //depot/...
Perforce reports 11GB is used.
How ever if i manually check the server there is archive folder of size 21GB in perforce root folder.
Why is this? We ...
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How to include added and removed files to a unified diff of a CL in perforce
I want to create a unified diff or patch using p4 describe -du or p4 diff2 -u, to apply later with patch utility. But the problem I encounter that these commands skip the content of added/removed ...
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Perforce client is throwing "workspacename validation failed" error on Windows desktop
I have installed P4V client in my Windows Desktop and tried to pull a repo from Perforce server. When I selected the folder under //depot to be mapped under my work_space, it is throwing the below ...
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How to move perforce client workspace to another location
I have created a perforce client on my local machine (eg: /usr/disk1/pclient). i need to move that synced files to another location/disk (eg: /usr/disk2/pclient), without breaking the perforce link (...
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Helix Swarm - Syntax error in 'swarm.job'
I am trying to set up swarm-triggers on a Helix Core 2017.1 server for a Helix Swarm 2018.2 server (both in separate docker containers orchestrated using docker-compose) but am getting the above error ...
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git-p4 and huge file sizes
I am trying to convert a Perforce(p4) repository to git (preferably to Helix4Git, a git server implementation by perforce).
I reduce my problem to a simple use-case in order to find the solution for ...
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Are ring integrates in git a good idea or even possible
For years I work with Perforce and unfortunately didn't work with Git a lot, except for a few hobby projects, so please excuse my unknowingness.
In Perforce I use a ring integrate concept like ...
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Perforce change-submit trigger to run script on client
I've been looking around at various StackExchange posts, Perforce forum entries, etc. for a solution to the following problem, and would be grateful for your guidance and experience!
Problem ...
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Can I filter the submitted list in p4v to show submits from a few specific users?
Using P4V to view our Perforce depot, I'd like to filter the view of the Submitted tab to show check-ins from a select group of users. So, I tried creating a custom filter which allows specifying a ...
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How to change perforce default command console window to ConEmu console
I want to change the default command prompt in the Perforce. I want to have like, When ever we try to open a directory in perforce via command window the default is cmd.exe, But I want to replace/...
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Why is Perforce adding a version of files with a percent symbol on Windows 10?
When I sync my Perforce depot on Windows 10, it adds two versions of some files: one with a percent sign on front. This P4 depot works fine on OSX, and the P4 server is hosted on OSX.
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