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p4 describe
Synopsis
Provides information about changelists and the changelists' files.
Syntax
p4 [g-opts] describe [ -dflag -s ] changelist#...
Description
p4 describe displays the details of one or more changelists. For each changelist, the output includes the changelist's number, the changelist's creator, the client workspace name, the date the changelist was created, and the changelist's description.
If a changelist has been submitted, the default output also includes a list of affected files and the diffs of those files relative to the previous revision.
If a changelist is pending, it is flagged as such in the output, and the list of open files is shown. (Diffs for pending changelists are not displayed because the files have yet to be submitted to the server.)
You cannot run p4 describe on the default changelist.
While running p4 describe, the server uses Perforce's built-in client-side diff subroutine. The P4DIFF variable has no effect on this command.
Options
-dflag
Runs the diff routine with one of a subset of the standard UNIX diff flags. See the Usage Notes below for a flag listing.
Usage Notes
Can File Arguments Use
Revision Specifier?
read;
list for p4 describe -s
The diff flags supported by p4 describe are:
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