Perforce Product Videos and Test Drives

We drive

You drive

Pick a topic of interest, put on your headphones, sit back, and let us show you the Perforce Software Configuration Management (SCM) System.

Set up a free version of Perforce in ten minutes and take it for a test drive yourself.

Video listing

Watch short videos highlighting standard SCM operations performed using the Perforce Visual Client (P4V), available on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Solaris and FreeBSD.

Overview (6:27 min.)

  • Check out and edit files
  • Attach a job to changelist
  • Submit and review changes
  • Diff file versions

Branching/Merging (7:42 min.)

  • Find and resolve conflicts
  • Perform 3 way file merge
  • Merge two codelines
  • Create a branch

Time-lapse View (6:27 min.)

  • See all file versions in one window
  • Select a range of changes to review
  • Visualize color-coded line modifications
  • View changes by version, date, or changelist

Revision Graph (4:53 min.)

  • Visualize branching structures
  • Filter view to branches of interest only
  • Highlight code propagation paths

Install and test drive

You can be up and running on a fully featured version of Perforce in ten minutes. No registration is required.

Select your platform and client of choice. All the instructions and links you need for setup can be found here:

P4V on Windows

P4V on Linux/Unix

P4V on Macintosh

Unix command-line

All functionality is present for two users with five client workspaces for as long as you need to get comfortable. If you want to try Perforce with more users, we can provide you with an evaluation license (PDF) good for 45 days for any number of users and unlimited workspaces.

If you decide to purchase Perforce as your SCM system you can easily convert your temporary installation to a production system by installing a permanent license file.