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Preface
About This Manual
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About Perforce
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Perforce is a software configuration management tool you can use to manage source files and other documents, such as multiple revisions of a manual, Web pages, or operating system administration files. The files managed by Perforce reside in a depot. To work on files, you open the files and edit them in your client workspace. When you're done, you submit changed files to the depot using a changelist. The depot keeps track of all the current and previous revisions of a file.
Perforce uses a client/server architecture. Perforce client applications, which include P4Win and the Perforce command line interface, communicate with the Perforce server using TCP/IP.
Perforce includes the following features:
- Branching: multiple copies of the same file can evolve separately, while maintaining a relationship to each other.
- Version control: multiple revisions of a file are always accessible.
- Concurrent development; multiple users can edit the same file and reconcile their changes.
- Defect tracking: bugs and system improvement requests are tracked from entry to fix using the Perforce jobs feature.
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Getting started with Perforce
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To start using Perforce, you need to:
- Configure your client workspace
- Connect to a server
- Add files to the depot
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To uninstall Perforce, run the installer (perforce.exe) and choose Uninstall Components from the Perforce Configuration dialog.
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P4Win cannot perform Perforce superuser commands. You must use the P4 command to perform the following operations:
- Create and edit protections
- Create and delete new depots
- Change the job template
- Verify or obliterate files
For details, refer to the Perforce User's Guide.
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Getting more help
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For more information about using Perforce, consult the following sources:
- For information about using P4Win: consult the online help system and this manual (which are identical). For details about getting information on P4Win forms and dialogs, see "Getting information about P4Win forms" on page 9.
- For information about code management strategies: Refer to the Perforce User's Guide.
- For information about maintaining your Perforce installation: Refer to the Perforce System Administrator's Guide.
If you cannot find the answers to your question in this help system, try these resources:
Please send any comments about Perforce technical documentation, including this help system, to [email protected].
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Please send comments and questions about this manual to
[email protected].
Copyright 2001-2002 Perforce Software. All rights reserved.
Last updated: 04/03/02
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