VIE WS FILE S TATUS

HELIX VISUAL CLIENT (P4V) 2020.3 Icons indicate the status of each file
Depot Tree Workspace Tree
Ctrl+9 Ctrl+0
C H E A T S H E E T In depot Not in depot

Files in Folder History Not mapped to Workspace differs

workspace from head revision
TOOLBAR
Pending Changelists Submitted Changelists
Ctrl+1 Ctrl+2 Imported from
Deleted
Refresh Timelapse View another stream
Option+Ctrl+R Ctrl+Shift+T
Dynamically browse through
Branch Mappings Labels
Ctrl+3 Ctrl+4
a file’s history. Shelved Symbolic link
Get Latest Revision Workspaces Jobs
Shift+Ctrl+G Revision Graph Ctrl+5 Ctrl+6
Ctrl+Shift+R
See a file’s integration history:
when it was added, branched, Streams Stream Graph S TR E A M T Y PE S
Submit Changelist edited, merged, copied, or Ctrl+7 Alt+7
Ctrl+S deleted.
Repos Release

Most stable
Remote Mappings
Ctrl+8 Alt+8 Used for fixing bugs, testing, and release distribution
Init* (Requires DVCS
Check Out Ctrl+Shift+I to be enabled.)
Unloaded Mainline
Ctrl+E Initialize personal server. Serves as the base or trunk of a stream system
Drag file from workspace
tree to a pending changelist.
Clone* Development
Used for long term projects and major new features
A combination of Init and Fetch,
Mark for Add Clone copies defined files to BAD GE S
the new personal server. Virtual
Drag file from workspace
Used to narrow the scope and submit directly to parent

Least stable
tree to a pending changelist. File icons with displayed additional badges indicate a new status
Fetch* Ctrl+Shift+T Task
Fetch is to the DVCS model Marked for add Marked for add by another Creates a lightweight branch for bug fixes and new features
Mark for Delete what Sync is to the classic
To delete a file, mark it Helix central server model.
Marked for delete by
for delete, then submit. Marked for delete
another
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Push* Ctrl+Shift+P
Push is to the DVCS model Checked out by you Checked out by another
Revert If Unchanged what Submit is to the classic
Helix central server model. First merge down, then copy up.
Open for edit by you Open for edit by another

Diff Against Cancel

Add/move by you Add/move by another //workshop/16.1
Ctrl+Shift+D Ctrl+ period
Drag and drop a file revision
onto another revision to diff. * Requires DVCS to be enabled.
Delete/move by you Delete/move by another

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Stream Views (paths, remapped,
File in your workspace that differs from the head revision, //workshop/main...
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which has been checked out by you and another user
 Investigate Admin
p4 aliases Get a listing of all currently defined aliases p4 admin Perform administrative operations on the server
p4 annotate Print file lines along with their revisions p4 archive Archive obsolete revisions to archive depots
HELIX COMMAND-LINE CLIENT (P4) p4 cstat List the changes not synchronized in the current client p4 attribute Set per-revision attributes on revisions
p4 depots Display list of depots p4 cachepurge Reclaim disk space on a replica

C H E A T S H E E T p4 describe Display a changelist description

p4 diff2 Display diff of two depot files
p4 configure Set, unset, or show server configuration variables
p4 counter Display, set, or delete a counter
p4 dirs List subdirectories of a given depot directory p4 counters Display list of known counters
p4 filelog List revision history of files p4 dbschema Report schema information for the metadata tables

Develop
p4 files List files in the depot p4 dbstat Display size or simple statistics for a database table
p4 fstat Dump file info in format suitable for parsing by scripts p4 dbverify Perform low-level verification of the database tables
p4 grep Print lines in files (or revisions of files) that match a pattern p4 depot Create or edit a depot specification
p4 add Open a new file to add it to the depot
p4 help Print this help message p4 diskspace Display summary of disk space usage on server
p4 change Create or edit a changelist description
p4 ignores Display the ignore mappings p4 export Extract journal or checkpoint records
p4 changes Display list of pending and submitted changelists
p4 info Print out client/server information p4 failover Make a standby server take over as the new master server
p4 client Create or edit a client specification and its view
p4 integrated Show integrations that have been submitted p4 grant-permission Assign permissions for the depot of type graph
p4 clients Display list of known clients
p4 interchanges List changes not yet integrated from source to target p4 jobspec Edit the job template
p4 clean Delete or refresh local files to match depot state
p4 istat Show the stream’s integration status p4 journalcopy Copy journal data from master to local filesystem
p4 diff Display diff of client file with depot file
p4 sizes Display size information for files in the depot p4 journaldbchecksums Write journal notes with table checkums
p4 edit Open an existing file for edit
p4 flush Update a client workspace’s have list without copying any files p4 where Show how file names map through the client view p4 key Display, set, or delete a key/value pair
p4 have List revisions last synced p4 keys Display list of known keys and their values

Jobs
p4 lock Lock an opened file against changelist submission p4 ldap Create, modify, delete, or test an LDAP configuration
p4 move Move file(s) from one location to another p4 ldaps Display list of LDAP configurations
p4 opened Display list of files opened for pending changelist p4 fix Mark jobs as being fixed by named changelists p4 license Update or display the license file
p4 print Retrieve a depot file to the standard output p4 fixes List what changelists fix what job p4 lockstat Report lock status of database tables
p4 reconcile Make workspace consistent with depot p4 job Create or edit a job (defect) specification p4 logappend Append a line to server log file(s)
p4 rename Move the location of files p4 jobs Display list of jobs p4 logger Report what jobs and changelists have changed
p4 reopen Change the type or changelist number of an opened file p4 logparse Display parsed server log records
p4 logrotate Rotate server log file(s)
Labels
p4 reshelve Copy shelved files from an existing shelf
p4 resolve Merge open files with other revisions or files p4 logschema Display schema information for server log
p4 resolved Show files that have been merged but not submitted p4 logstat Report size of journal, error log, and/or audit log files
p4 label Create or edit a label specification and its view
p4 revert Discard changes from an opened file p4 logtail Display the last block(s) of the error log
p4 labels Display list of labels
p4 shelve Store files from a pending changelist into the depot p4 monitor Display current running Helix process information
p4 labelsync Synchronize label with the current client contents
p4 status Reports which files need to be added, opened or deleted p4 obliterate Remove files and their history from the depot
p4 tag Tag files with a label
p4 submit Submit open files to the depot p4 ping Test network performance
p4 sync Synchronize the client with its view of the depot p4 property Add, delete, or list property values
p4 undo Undo a range of revisions p4 pubkey Add, update, or delete an SSH public key on the Helix server
p4 unlock Release a locked file but leave it open Security p4 pubkeys Display a list of the SSH public keys associated with a specific user
p4 pull Pull journal or file data from master
p4 unshelve Restore shelved files from a pending change into a workspace
p4 update Update workspace without clobbering files changed
(admin and super commands) p4 reload Reload metadata for an unloaded client or label
p4 renameuser Completely rename a user throughout the database
p4 group Change members of a user group
p4 replicate Poll for journal data and apply to another server
p4 groups List groups of users
p4 repo Create, edit, or delete a repo specification
Branching and Merging p4 login Login to Helix by obtaining a session ticket
p4 login2 Perform second factor authentication
p4 repos Display a list of repos
p4 branch Create or edit a branch specification p4 restore Restore archived revisions to their original location
p4 logout Logout of Helix by removing or invalidating a ticket
p4 branches Display list of branches p4 review List and track changelists (for the review daemon)
p4 passwd Set user password on server (and Windows client)
p4 copy Make target identical to source by branching, replacing or deleting p4 reviews Show what users are subscribed to review files
p4 protect Modify protections in the server namespace
p4 integrate Schedule integration from one file to another p4 revoke-permission Remove access to a depot of type graph or to a repo
p4 protects Display protections in place for a given user/path
p4 merge Merge changes from one set of files into another p4 server Create or edit a server specification
p4 set Set variables in the registry (Windows only)
p4 populate Branch files to target without requiring a workspace p4 serverid Get or set the unique ID associated with a Helix Server
p4 tickets Display list of session tickets for this user
p4 prune Remove unmodified branched files from a stream p4 servers Display list of servers
p4 trust Establish trust of an SSL connection to a Helix service
p4 stream Create or edit a stream specification p4 show-permission Display the permissions for a depot of type graph
p4 user Create or edit a user specification
p4 streams Display a list of known streams p4 triggers Modify list of pre-submit and form-validating triggers
p4 users Display list of known users
p4 switch Switch to and/or create a new stream/branch (DVCS) p4 typemap Modify the file name-to-type mapping table
p4 unload Unload metadata for an unused client or label
p4 verify Verify that the server archives are intact