Introduction to Perforce

Basic Terminology

The following diagram shows the relationship between workspace and depot.

Basic Tasks

Perforce File Decorations

File decorations indicate status as follows.

Marked for add
Marked for delete
Checked out by you
Checked out by another user
Locked
Version in workspace is not latest version
Workspace version is up to date

Needs resolve
(conflicting changes have been made)

For more details about configuring P4Eclipse, see Setting Preferences.


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