P4V User's Guide (2014.3)

Show the Perforce Connection dialog: Always prompt for connection settings when launching P4V.

Restore all previously opened connections: Do not prompt for connection settings; reconnect to the Perforce service to which you were connected during your last session.

Use IP-specific tickets when logging in: Specifies whether your login ticket is restricted to the IP address from which you are connecting.

Automatically log off when closing a connection: Specifies whether your ticket is invalidated when you log out.

Don't expand Workspace and Depot trees to their previous state when opening connections: Specifies whether the trees are initially displayed expanded only at the top (depot) level.

Use the same workspace and switch it between streams: Enables you to continue using the same workspace when you switch between streams. Select this option if you regularly use streams with nearly identical workspace views and do not want to re-sync (retrieve) large amounts of redundant content each time you switch streams.

Use a different workspace for each stream: This is the default option and typical when a developer uses a main workspace, development workspaces, and release workspaces to manage his or her local work. If you select this option, you can still switch a workspace between streams by dragging the workspace icon from one stream to another in the Streams graph.

Automatically update the workspace with all stream files when switching between streams: Syncs (retrieves) files to your workspace when you switch between streams without being prompted.

When branching streams, include file deletion actions (Server 12.1 or later): Select to include files that were deleted from the parent stream when Perforce populates the child stream. Equivalent to p4 populate -f command. The default behavior is to skip deleted files when branching to a new stream.

Don't allow streams to be reparented with drag and drop in the stream graph: Select to prevent accidental reparenting.

Stream graph: select the default name display and stream node width when viewing streams in the Stream Graph. To view the full depot path of the task stream in the Stream Graph, select Stream Root. Select Name to view the stream name only. You can override these defaults in Graph View Options on the Streams tab.

Check server for updates every n minutes: Specifies how often P4V checks the Perforce service for updated file information. Frequent checks enable P4V to display current file status but increase the workload on the Perforce service.

Maximum number of files displayed per changelist: Specifies the maximum number of files displayed in a changelist, to help minimize the time required to handle and submit very large changelists. This setting affects only the display of changelists, and does not limit the number of files that a changelist can contain. Any files beyond the maximum number are displayed as a plain text list.

Maximum size of file to preview (excludes audio and video files): Limits the size of image files displayed in the Preview tab on the Files pane, to limit the amount of image data sent from the Perforce service to P4V.

Number of changelists, jobs, branch mappings or labels to fetch at a time: Specifies the number of specifications read in each batch fetched, to minimize server load and maximize P4V performance. To retrieve all entries, specify 0.

Warn before reverting files: Specifies whether P4V displays a prompt before reverting files.

Warn when ignored files are not marked for add: Select to view a warning when you attempt to mark a file in your workspace for add and it is included in an ignore list.

If you have created ignore lists and set the ignore list file name as the local P4IGNORE environment variable, P4V will not mark the files and file types listed in those ignore lists for add. The warning appears when you attempt to mark such a file for add or use the Reconcile process to add the file to the Perforce depot.

For more information about ignore lists and P4IGNORE, see the P4 User's Guide.

Prompt for changelist when checking out, adding, or deleting files: Specifies whether P4V displays the "Choose changelist" dialog when you open files.

Prompt to get latest revision when checking out files that are out of date: Specifies whether P4V displays a prompt to get the latest revision when you attempt to check out files from an earlier revision.

Prompt when connecting to a new Perforce Sandbox: Specifies whether P4V displays a prompt before you connect to a new Perforce Sandbox.

Enable integration on directory-to-directory drag and drop: Launches the Merge/Integrate dialog when you drop a folder on another folder.

Enable diff comparisons on file-to-file drag and drop: Launches the Diff dialog when you drop a file on another file.

Specify the default merge method that appears when the dialog opens:

You can set different default merge methods depending on whether you open the Merge/Integrate dialog from a file or folder (non-stream) or a submitted changelist.

Specify how to treat the files that you use to filter a branch mapping:

Specify which Options tab appears on top when the Merge/Integrate dialog opens:

Specify the default Resolve and Submit options:

Specify whether to Check for opened files and warn prior to merging.

This option checks to see if any of the files selected for merging are open for other actions.

Do not copy newly branched target files to workspace (-v): Create a branch in the depot without retrieving the corresponding files from the depot to your workspace.

Enable baseless merges (-i): Perform the integration even if source and target share no common ancestor, using the most-recently-added revision of the source file as the base.

Try to integrate changes when source deleted and re-added (-Di): If the target file has been deleted and the source file has been changed, this option re-branches the source file on top of the target file. If the source file has been deleted and the target file has changed, this option deletes the target file. By default, outstanding edits cannot be integrated with a deleted file.

Force integration on all revisions, disregarding integration history (-f): Integrate all revisions of source and target files, including revisions that have already been integrated. Typically used with a specified revision range.

Do not get latest revision of selected files (-h): Use the workspace revision of the target file. By default, the head revision of the target file is automatically retrieved into the workspace before integrating.

Disregard indirect integration history (-1): Restrict selection of the base file revision to direct (parent-to-child or child-to-parent) integration history.

Propagate source filetypes to target files (-t): Assign the target file the same file type as the source file (when integrating to existing target files).

Schedule 'branch resolves' instead of branching new target files (-Rb): Schedules a branch resolve, instead of branching new target files automatically.

Schedule 'delete resolves' instead of deleting target files (-Rd): Schedules a delete resolve, instead of deleting target files automatically.

Skip previously merged 'cherry-picked' revisions to improve merge results (-Rs): Skips cherry-picked revisions that have already been integrated. This option can improve merge results, but can also require multiple resolves per file.

Specify the default copy method that appears when the dialog opens:

You can set different default copy methods depending on whether you open the Copy dialog from a non-stream file or folder or a submitted changelist.

Specify how to treat the files that you use to filter a branch mapping:

Specify which Options tab appears on top when the Copy dialog opens:

Specify the default Submit options:

Specify the default Advanced option:

Specify the default branch method that appears when the dialog opens:

You can set different default branch methods depending on whether you open the Branch dialog from a non-stream file or folder or a submitted changelist.

Specify how to treat the files that you use to filter a branch mapping:

Specify which Options tab appears on top when the Branch dialog opens:

Specify the default Submit options:

Specify the default Advanced option:

Show p4 reporting commands: Specifies whether the log pane in the P4V window displays all commands issued by P4V, including commands issued by P4V to obtain status information from the Perforce service.

Show p4 command output for file operations: For verbose log messages, enable this option.

Enable logging to file: Logs P4V activity to the specified file.

Show item count on tab bar of details pane: For the Submitted tab, toggles display of the number of files and job fixes in the tab bar of the details pane (below the Submitted list).

Show the What's New in P4V page after upgrading: Display the What's New page as a tab in the P4V window.

Dates: Sets the date format used throughout P4V:

Show date and time as:Specify whether to show the date and time for the shared versioning service (Server time) or for your local client.

Language used for application menus, labels, and dialogs (requires restart): Select English or, if it is available, Japanese.

Set encoding for all connections to: Sets the character encoding for connections to unicode-mode Perforce services.

If you do not set the encoding here, you are prompted to enter the character encoding every time you set up a connection to a unicode-mode Perforce service. The encoding that you set here does not affect service connections whose character encoding has already been set at connection. If you are unsure which setting to choose, consult your Perforce administrator.

Use the system character encoding in P4Merge when connected to non-unicode servers: When enabled, overrides P4Merge's logic for determining character encoding (to preserve pre-2010.1 behavior).

Use a distinct file icon for modified files: Specifies whether P4V indicates files that you have edited after syncing them to your workspace.

Show Perforce filetype for files in the Workspace and Depot tree: Toggles display of filetype in the tree panes.

Show revision information for files in the Workspace and Depot tree: Toggles display of revision numbers in the tree panes.

Render thumbnails for Maya files: Enables P4V to display thumbnail images of Maya media files.

File preview font: Specifies the font that P4V uses to display files in the preview pane.

Click Show fixed sized fonts only to limit the selection in the font drop-down to fixed-sized fonts.

Hide files/revisions from 'task' streams (when following branch, copy actions): Filters out file revisions that were submitted to task streams when you view file history

Labels

Jobs

Streams

Unload/Reload

Merge, Copy and Branch Dialogs

Set up Connection Assistant / Connection Wizard

Sandbox Configuration

Revision Graph

Custom Tools

Time-lapse

Administration Tool

Use software rendering for Revision Graph: Enable only if your machine is having problems rendering Revision Graph output. For details, consult the Perforce Knowledge base.

Limit Revision Graph to ancestors and descendants: Controls how much of a file's integration history is displayed.

By default Time-lapse view should show: Specifies whether Time-lapse View displays only direct file history, branch (integration/merge) history, or information about the originating changelist for the selected file by default.

You can also select these display preferences in Time-lapse View. For more information about these options, see Viewing Image File History with Time-lapse View. For more Image Time-lapse preferences, see Image Timelapse.