" icon reminds you when you have
files open for edit.
When Perforce puts files in your workspace, it normally gives
them read-only permission to start with.
(See the sync command to find out how
to get files into your workspace.)
The open for edit command makes files writable
so you can edit them,
and puts them in a pending changelist so you can submit them later.
The "" icon reminds you when you have
files open for edit.
You can open files for edit by:
Selecting Open for edit... from the pulldown menu takes you to the initial Open for Edit page, where you can select the following file options. Once you have selected your options, click the Open for edit button to open files for edit.
Regardless of which files you select, a file will only be opened for edit if all of the following conditions are true:
- Put opened files in changelist
- If your client workspace has more than one pending changelist, this option is available to let you select the changelist into which opened files appear.
- Specify filetype
- Use this option to change the filetype of Perforce-managed files. Click the checkbox and select the filetype and filetype modifier(s). When you submit files opened this way, the new revisions in the depot will have the new filetype.
- Restricting files
- If you came to this page by clicking a directory and then selecting Open for edit... you can restrict the files to be opened.