Provides information about a changelist and the changelist's files.
p4 describe displays the details of a changelist. The output includes the changelist number, the changelist's creator, the client workspace name, the date the changelist was created, and the changelist's description. If the changelist has been submitted, the output will also include a list of affected files and the diffs of those files relative to the previous revision. If the changelist is pending, it will be flagged as such in the output. You cannot run p4 describe on the default changelist.
While running p4 describe, the server uses Perforce's internal diff subroutine. The P4DIFF variable has no effect on this command.
| -s | Display a shortened output that excludes the files' diffs. |
| -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. |
| g_opts | See global options section. |
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Can File Arg Use Revision Specifier? |
Can File Arg Use Revision Range? |
Minimal Access Level Required |
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| <NA> | <NA> |
read; list for describe -s |
| To view a list of changelists | p4 changes |
| To view a list of all opened files | p4 opened |
| To compare any two depot file revisions | p4 diff2 |
| To compare a changed file in the client to a depot file revision | p4 diff |