Introduction I would disagree with the claim that Perforce integration in Visual Studio is “terrible”. Rather, I’d define it as “out of the box experience is less than optimal” :-). The following sections discuss my understanding of the integration and recommendations for project/solution setup. If you’re not interested in the details of how the source … Read more
When the submitted changelist pane has focus, a CTRL+F lets you do an arbitrary text search, which includes changelist descriptions. The only limitation is that it searches just those changelists that have been fetched from the server, so you may need to up the number retrieved. This is done via the “Number of changelists, jobs, … Read more
I use Perforce at work. I also use Git because I would still like some form of version control when I’m working on code and can’t connect to the server. No, reconcile offline work just is not the same. Here is where I’ve found git to be a great benefit: Branching speed – git takes … Read more
I haven’t used perforce much so this may not be exactly be a 1:1 translation. Then again distributed source control systems like git and mercurial have a different workflow anyway so there really isn’t (and there shouldn’t) be a 1:1 translation. Anyway, here goes: Create multiple pending changelists -> Use branches instead. In git branches … Read more
EDIT: Please use p4 status now. There is no need for jumping through hoops anymore. See @ColonelPanic’s answer. In the Jan 2009 version of P4V, you can right-click on any folder in your workspace tree and click “reconcile offline work…” This will do a little processing then bring up a split-tree view of files that … Read more
Search > Go To… In the dialog, you can go to a submitted changelist by number. In my version of P4, this is under Edit > Go To…
As of version 2012.1, Perforce supports the P4IGNORE environment variable. I updated my answer to this question about ignoring directories with an explanation of how it works. Then I noticed this answer, which is now superfluous I guess. Assuming you have a client named “CLIENT”, a directory named “foo” (located at your project root), and … Read more
I recommend the opposite for automatic build systems: you should first get the latest changelist from the server using: p4 changes -s submitted -m1 then sync to that change and record it in the revision info. The reason is as follows. Although Perforce recommends the following to determine the changelist to which the workspace is … Read more
From the “View” menu, select “Workspaces”. You’ll see all of the workspaces you’ve created. Select the workspaces you want to delete and click “Edit” -> “Delete Workspace”, or right-click and select “Delete Workspace”. If the workspace is “locked” to prevent changes, you’ll get an error message. To unlock the workspace, click “Edit” (or right-click and … Read more
This something I’ve been working on over the past couple weeks on and off. It’s still evolving, but it may be helpful. Please note I’m a Perforce employee. An intro to Perforce for Git users To say that moving from Git to Perforce or from Perforce to Git is non-trivial is a grand understatement. For … Read more