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<TITLE>Adding New Files to a Perforce Depot</TITLE>

<P> To add new files to a Perforce <a href="defs?help#depot">depot</a>, first 
  you "open them for add", then you <a href="submit?help">submit</a> them. Files 
  opened for add aren't sent to the depot until you submit your pending changelist. 
  The files must be present in your workspace to be submitted. If you decide you 
  don't want to submit the files after all, use the <a href="revert?help">revert</a> 
  command to remove them from your pending changelist. 
<P>Files can only be opened for add if: 
<ul>
  <li>They do not already exist in the depot 
  <li>They are in your client view 
  <li>You have permission to open them 
</ul>
<P>There are two ways to open files for add: 
<p>
<UL>
  <LI> To open multiple files in a path, select the directory on the <B>Files</B> 
    tab and then select <b>Open for add...</b> from the <b>Actions</b> menu. 
  <LI> To open a single file, click on that file in the <B>Files</B> tab and then 
    select <b>Open for add...</b> from the <b>Actions</b> menu. 
</UL>


<p> Selecting <b>Open for add...</b> takes you to the page where you <a href="addselect?help">select 
  files to add</a>. Enter a list of files you want to add, or have P4Web scan 
  your workspace looking for files to add. 
<p> After you have selected the files to add, click <b>Continue</b>. Next, on 
  the <b>Open for Add</b> page, verify the files you selected and choose options 
  for how they will be opened. After choosing your options, click the <b>Open 
  for add</b> button. 
<p> The <b>Open for add</b> command doesn't create new files. It just lists new 
  files in a <a href="pendingchangelists?help">pending changelist</a>. You can 
  create the new files before or after you run <b>open for add</b>. (However, 
  you don't have to worry about <a href="help_filetypes?help">filetype</a> selection 
  if you create them before running <b>open for add</b>.) 
<h4>"Open for Add" options</h4>
<ul>

<p>
<li><b>Put opened files in changelist:</b>
If your client workspace has more than one
<a href="pendingchangelists?help">pending changelist</a>,
you can use this option to select a changelist.

<p>
  <li><b>Specify filetype:</b> When you open a file for add, P4Web looks for the 
    file in your workspace. If it already exists, its default filetype is determined 
    from its content. If the file doesn't already exist in your workspace, it 
    is opened as a "text" file by default. The <B>Specify filetype</B> option 
    lets you choose a different filetype than the default. Check the box and select 
    the filetype and filetype modifier(s). See <a href="help_filetypes?help">Filetypes</a> 
    for a list of valid choices. 
    <p>
  <li><b>Files:</b> This list is generated from your input when you <a href="addselect?help">selected 
    which files to add</a>. The checked files will be opened for add. Uncheck 
    any files you don't want to add. 
</ul>