p4 add

Synopsis

Syntax

Description

The added files must be contained in the user's current client view. These files need not exist within the client workspace at the time of p4 add. They must, however, be in the client workspace when p4 submit is run, or submission fails. p4 add does not create the files; they must be created by the user.

The new files must either not already exist in the depot, or can exist in the depot but be deleted at the head revision. Files may be deleted and re-added arbitrarily.

By default, the specified files are linked to the default changelist. Use -c to specify a different changelist.

When adding files, Perforce first examines the typemap table (p4 typemap) to see if the system administrator has defined a file type for the file(s) being added. If a match is found, the file's type is set as defined in the typemap table. If a match is not found, Perforce examines the first 1024 bytes of the file to determine whether it is text or binary, and the files are stored in the depot accordingly. Text file revisions are stored in reverse delta format; binary file revisions are stored as full files.

The -t filetype flag specifies the file type explicitly, overriding any settings in the typemap table and Perforce's default file detection mechanism.

Options

-c changelist	Opens the files for add within the specified changelist. If this flag is not used, the files are linked to the default changelist.
-t filetype	Adds the file as the specified filetype. Please see the File Types chapter for a list of Perforce file types.
g_opts	See the Global Options section.

Usage Notes

Can File Arguments Use Revision Specifier?	Can File Arguments Use Revision Range?	Minimal Access Level Required
No	No	open

• Wildcards in file specifications provided to p4 add are expanded by the local operating system, not by the Perforce server. Thus, the ... wildcard cannot be used with p4 add.

• In Perforce, there is no difference between adding files to an empty depot and adding files to a depot that already contains other files. Thus, you can populate new, empty depots by adding files from a client workspace with p4 add.

Examples

p4 add -c 13 *	Opens all the files within the user's current directory for add, and links these files to changelist 13.
p4 add README ~/src/*.c	Opens all *.c files in the user's ~/src directory for add; also opens the README file in the user's current working directory for add. These files are linked to the default changelist.
p4 add -t binary file.pdf	Assigns a specific file type to a new file, overriding any settings in the typemap table

Related Commands

To open a file for edit	p4 edit
To open a file for deletion	p4 delete
To copy all open files to the depot	p4 submit
To read files from the depot into the client workspace	p4 sync
To create or edit a new changelist	p4 change
To list all opened files	p4 opened
To revert a file to its unopened state	p4 revert
To move an open file to a different pending changelist	p4 reopen
To change an open file's file type	p4 reopen -t filetype