Checking in files

When you mark files for add or delete, check them out, integrate them, or schedule them for resolve, the files are added to changelists. Helix Server changelists are lists of actions to be performed on files. The actions in the changelist are performed when you submitClosedTo send a pending changelist into the Helix Server depot for processing. the changelist. PendingClosedA changelist that has not been submitted. changelists are changelists that have yet to be submitted. Changelists are assigned unique numbers by Helix Server. In addition, a default changelist is maintained for each client workspace. If submission of the default changelist fails, Helix Server assigns it a number.

View changelists

To display changelists, go to View > Pending changelists or View > Submitted changelists. P4V displays the Pending or Submitted tab in the right pane, which include a list view of changelists and details for selected changelists at the bottom.

To filter the displayed changelists, use the Filter expansion pane in either the Pending or Submitted tabs. You can filter by the following conditions:

  • User: searches for changelists by the user who created them. Enter a user ID or Current user.
  • Workspace: searches for changelists by the workspace used to create them. Enter a workspace name or Current workspace.
  • Files match any of the following file paths: searches for changelists that include files in any of the paths that you enter. Drag the file from the Tree pane to populate the field with its file path, or click the Construct a file path filepath builder icon to open the File Path Builder.

For more information about file filters and the File Path Builder, see Searching and Filtering.

Submit changelists

You can submit a changelist by right-clicking the file name in the Tree pane or by selecting a pending changelist from the Pending tab.

If a pending changelist includes shelved files, you first need to unshelve or delete those files, either prior to trying to submit the changelist or from the Submit dialog.

To check in individual files:

  1. Right-click the files in the depot or workspace pane and choose Submit…​.

  2. In the Submit dialog, enter a description, select files, and (optionally) attach jobs.

    The Description field accepts HTML tags for marking up and hyperlinking text. For details, see Formatting text in Description fields.

  3. Click Submit.

To submit an existing changelist:

  1. Go to the Pending tab.
  2. Filter for and select the changelist by double-clicking it.
  3. In the Submit dialog, enter a description, select files, and (optionally) attach jobs.

  4. If the changelist includes any shelved files, you need to delete or unshelve them before you can submit the changelist. Do any of the following:

    • Delete shelved files: Above the Shelved files area, click Delete selected.

    • Unshelve shelved files: In the Shelved files area, right-click the files and select Unshelve.

      In the Unshelve dialog, edit as needed and click Unshelve.

    Alternatively, you can submit the shelved files directly prior to submitting the changelist.

  5. Click Submit.

To edit the description of a submitted changelist:

  1. Right-click the changelist and choose Edit Submitted Changelist.

  2. In the Submit dialog, edit the description.

    Note

    Only the submitter of a changelist can edit its description.

To move all files from one pending changelist to another:

Right-click the changelist and select Move All Files to Another Changelist.

To move a file from one pending changelist to another:

  1. Expand the source changelist.

  2. Do one of the following:

    • Drag the file to the target changelist.
    • Right-click the file or files and select Move to Another Changelist.

Reverse a changelist submission

You can restore the state of a file or folder as follows:

  • Back out a single change or a range of changes by specifying a changelist, revision number, date/time, or label, or a range of the same, and keep subsequent changes.
  • Roll back to the state of a given changelist, date/time, or revision number.

For details, see Undoing changes.

Restrict access to a changelist

To restrict who can see a changelist, select the Restrict Access to Changelist option when editing a pending or submitted changelist.

By default, all users can view a pending or submitted changelist, regardless of whether they are permitted access to the files in the changelist by the protections table.

The visibility of restricted changelists:

  • Pending changelists: Visible only to owner, regardless of whether other users have access to checked-out files.
  • Pending changelists containing shelved files: Users with list (or higher) permission (as specified in the protection table) to one or more of the shelved files can view those files but cannot view the changelist description.
  • Submitted changelists: Users with list (or higher) permission (as specified in the protection table) to one or more of the submitted files can list those files and read the changelist description.

Configure changelist display

To minimize the time it takes P4V to handle very large changelists, limit the number of files displayed in a changelist by doing the following:

  1. Go to P4V > Preferences (Mac) or Edit > Preferences (Windows).
  2. Click Server Data.
  3. In the Maximum number of files displayed per changelist field, enter the number of files to display in a changelist.

You can still submit changelists with more than the specified number of files, but the file lists are displayed as follows:

  • Pending and Submitted tabs display "There are # files in this changelist."
  • Details tab displays the list of files in a simple text box (with no P4V file badges).