p4 diff
Synopsis
Compare a client workspace file to a revision in the depot.
Syntax
p4 [g-opts
] diff
[-doptions
-f -m max
-Od -sa -sb -sd -se -sr -sl -t]
[file
[rev#
]...]
Description
p4 diff runs a diff program on your workstation that compares files in your workspace to revisions in the depot.
This command takes a file argument, which can contain a revision
specifier. If a revision specifier is included, the file in the client
workspace is diffed against the specified revision. If a revision
specifier is not included, the client workspace file is compared against
the revision currently being edited (usually the head revision). In either
case, the client file must be open for edit
, or the
comparison must be against a revision other than the one to which the
client file was last synced.
If the file argument includes wildcards, all open files that match the file pattern are diffed. If no file argument is provided, all open files are diffed against their depot counterparts.
By default, the diff routine used is the one built into the
p4 command-line application. To change this diff
routine to an external diff program, set the
P4DIFF
environment variable
to point to the new program.
Options
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Force the diff (if no revision is specified, against the head
revision), even when the client file is not open for
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Pass options to the underlying diff routine (see the Usage Notes below for details). |
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Limit output to diffs (or status) of only the first
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Limit output to only those files that differ. |
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Show only the names of opened files that are different from the revision in the depot, or are missing. |
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Show only the names of files opened for integrate that have been resolved, but that have been modified after being resolved. |
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Show only the names of unopened files that are missing from the client workspace, but present in the depot. |
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Show only the names of unopened files in the client workspace that are different than the revision in the depot. |
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Show only the names of opened files in the client workspace that are identical to the revision in the depot. |
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Every unopened
If you use the |
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Diff the revisions even if the files are not of type
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See the “Global Options” section. |
Usage Notes
Can File Arguments Use Revision Specifier? |
Can File Arguments Use Revision Range? |
Minimal Access Level Required |
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Yes |
No |
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The diff options supported by p4 diff are:
Option
Name
-dn
RCS output format, showing additions and deletions made to the file and associated line ranges.
-dc[
num
]context output format, showing line number ranges and
num
lines of context around the changes.-ds
summary output format, showing only the number of chunks and lines added, deleted, or changed.
-du[
num
]unified output format, showing added and deleted lines with
num
lines of context, in a form compatible with thepatch(1)
utility.-dl
ignore line-ending (CR/LF) convention when finding diffs.
-db
ignore changes made within whitespace; this option implies
-dl
.-dw
ignore whitespace altogether; this option implies
-dl
. -
To pass more than one option to the diff routine, group them together. For example:
p4 diff -dub
file
specifies a unified diff that ignores changes in whitespace.
-
The header line of a unified diff produced with the
-du
option for use withpatch(1)
displays filenames in Perforce syntax, not local syntax. -
If a revision is provided in the file specification, the
-s
options compare the file(s) regardless of whether they are opened in a changelist or the workspace has been synced to the specified revision.
Examples
p4 diff file#5 |
Compare the client workspace revision of file
|
p4 diff @1999/05/22 |
Compare all open files in the client workspace to the revisions in the depot as of midnight on May 22, 1999. |
p4 diff -du file |
Run the comparison on file |
p4 diff -sr | p4 -x - revert |
Revert all open, unchanged files. This differs from p4 revert -a (revert all unchanged files, where resolving a file, even if no changes are made, counts as a change), in that it reverts files whose workspace content matches the depot content, including resolved files that happen to be identical to those in the depot.
The first command shows all open, unchanged files. The second
command (running p4 -x and taking arguments,
one per line, from standard input, abbreviated as
" (This is the UNIX version of this command; it uses a pipe. Most operating systems have some equivalent way of performing these operations in series).
For more information about the |