p4 reviews

List the users who are subscribed to review files.

Syntax

p4 reviews [-C client] [-c changelist# | file ...]

Syntax conventions

Description

The p4 reviews command is intended for use in external programs that call Helix Core Server.

Users subscribe to review files by providing file patterns in the Reviews field in their p4 user form.

See the Examples below.

Notification of changes

Some users might want to be made aware of when certain files are changed.

  • To subscribe to review files, issue the p4 user command and edit the Reviews field to include the path to the files to be watched.

  • Swarm must also be configured for notifications of committed changes.

Options

-C client

Limits the files to those opened in the specified client workspace.

When used with the -c option, limits the workspace to files opened in the specified changelist.

-c change

Limits the files to the submitted changelist.

g-opts

See Global options.

Usage notes

Can File Arguments Use Revision Specifier? Can File Arguments Use Revision Range? Minimal Access Level Required

No

No

list

  • The syntax p4 reviews -c changelist file... ignores the file arguments entirely.
  • p4 reviews is an unusual command. It was created to support external daemons, but it does nothing without the Reviews field of the p4 user form, which has a very specific meaning.

    It is possible to enter values in the Reviews field that mean something originally unintended by Helix Core Server to create more generalized daemons. At Perforce, for example, we run a jobs daemon that sends email to any users who have subscribed to review jobs when a new job is submitted. Because there is nothing built into Helix Core Server that allows users to subscribe to review jobs, we co-opt a single line of the Reviews field: Helix Core Server sends a job email to any users who have subscribed to review the non-existent path //depot/jobs/.

  • The command returns no output if there is no object to report on.

Examples

p4 reviews

Lists all users who have subscribed to review any files.

p4 reviews -c change

Lists each user who has subscribed to review any of the files included in the submitted changelist change.

p4 reviews file ...

Lists the users who have subscribed to review any files that match the file patterns provided as arguments.

Related commands

To subscribe to review files

p4 user

List all submitted changelists above a provided changelist number

p4 review

To set or read the value of a Helix Core Server counter

p4 counter

To read full information about a particular changelist

p4 describe