P4Admin User Guide2018.2

April 2018

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Contents

How to use this guide 4Feedback 4

Otherdocumentation 4

Syntaxconventions 4

Administering Helix Server using P4Admin 5Homepage 5

Serverconnections 6

Managingdepots 6

Managingusersandgroups 6

Managingpermissions 8

Viewpermissions 8Edittheprotectionstable 8

ConfiguringP4Adminpreferences 9

Connections 10ServerData 10Logging 10Display 11Files 11ApplicationFont 11Behavior 11Tools 12Editor 12Diff 13Applets 13

Glossary 14License statements 32

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How to use this guideThisguidetellsyouhowtouseP4Admin,aGUIforadministratingHelixServerconnections.ItisintendedforanyoneusingP4AdmintoperformbasicHelixServeradministrativetasks.AccesstothecompletesetofadministrativetoolsrequiresP4,thecommand-lineclient.

FeedbackHowcanweimprovethismanual?Emailusatmanual@perforce.com.

Other documentationSeehttps://www.perforce.com/support/self-service-resources/documentation.

Syntax conventionsHelixdocumentationusesthefollowingsyntaxconventionstodescribecommandlinesyntax.

Notation Meaningliteral Mustbeusedinthecommandexactlyasshown.

italics Aparameterforwhichyoumustsupplyspecificinformation.Forexample,foraserveridparameter,supplytheIDoftheserver.

[-f] Theenclosedelementsareoptional.Omitthebracketswhenyoucomposethecommand.

... n Repeatsasmuchasneeded:l alias-name[[$(arg1)...

[$(argn)]]=transformation

n Recursiveforalldirectorylevels:

l clone perforce:1666 //depot/main/p4... ~/local-repos/main

l p4 repos -e //gra.../rep...

element1|element2

Eitherelement1orelement2isrequired.

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Administering Helix Server using P4AdminP4AdminprovidesagraphicaluserinterfaceforperformingbasicHelixServeradministrationtasks.Thischapterdiscussesthefollowingtopics:

Home page 5Server connections 6Managing depots 6Managing users and groups 6Managing permissions 8Viewpermissions 8Edittheprotectionstable 8

Configuring P4Admin preferences 9Connections 10ServerData 10Logging 10Display 11Files 11ApplicationFont 11Behavior 11Tools 12Editor 12Diff 13Applets 13

ToaccessP4AdminfromwithinP4V,gotoTools > Admininstration.

Home pageTheAdministrationhomepageenablesuserswithsuperandadminpermissionstoviewandusethefollowing:

n Server information:displaysdetailsabouttheservertowhichyouareconnected.

n Disk space usage:displaysdetailsaboutserverdiskspaceusage.

n Security level:displaysauthenticationlevelrequiredbyuserswhoaccesstheserver.

n Account management shortcuts:displayslinkstocommontasks.

n User licenses:displaysdetailsaboutlicensecountandexpiration.

n Inactive users:displaysdetailsaboutuserswhohavenotaccessedtheiraccountintheperiodoftimeyouspecify.

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Server connections

Server connectionsToadministeraserver,youmustfirstconnecttoitasauserthathasbeengrantedsuperuserprivilegefortheserver.(Ifyouruserdoesnothavesuperuserprivilege,youcanstilladministerusersandgroups,butcannotmanagepermissionsordefinedepots.)

Toconnecttoaserver,chooseConnections > Open Connection.SpecifythedesiredsettingsandclickOK.Toadministeraserver,activatetheconnectionbyclickingitsentryintheConnectionspane.Toremoveaconnection,right-clickitandselectClose Connection.

P4Adminretainsallconnectionsthatyoudefine,soyoudonotneedtoreenterthemthenexttimeyoulaunchthetool.

Managing depotsIfyouhavesuperuserpermissionfortheHelixServerinstancetowhichyouareconnected,youcanmanagethedepotsthatitcontains.Specifically,youcan:

n Displaydetailsaboutadepot

n Create,edit,ordeletedepots

n Obliteratefilesfromadepot

Warning Obliteratewithextremecaution.ObliterationpermanentlyremovesalltracesofthespecifiedfilesfromtheHelixServer,includingrevisionrecordsandmetadata(suchasreferencesinlabelsandclientworkspacespecifications).Filesinclientworkspacesareleftuntouched,butarenolongerrecognizedasbeingunderHelixServercontrol.

Managing users and groupsAlluserscandisplaylistsofusersandgroupsusingP4Admin,butonlyuserswithadminorsuperpermissionscanmakechanges.Fordetailsaboutaccesslevels,refertotheHelix Versioning Engine Administrator Guide: Fundamentals.

To view the users defined for the server to which you are connected,selectTools > AdministrationandclicktheUsers & Groupstab.

To display details about a user,clickthedesireduserspecification.ThedetailsaboutthatuseraredisplayedatthebottomoftheUserstab.

To create a user:

1. InP4V,selectTools > Administration.P4Adminopens.

2. ChooseFile > New > User.

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Managing users and groups

TheUserdialogopens.

3. Enteruserinformationasfollows.ClickOKaftermakingyourentries.

User TheHelixServerusername.

Password Thepassword(ifany)requiredfortheusertoconnecttotheserver.

Email Theusersemailaddress.

Full name

Theusersrealname.

Job view (Optional)Criteriaspecifyingwhichjobsareautomaticallyincludedonanynewchangelistscreatedbytheuser

Example:User=bruno Status=open

Fordetails,refertothedescriptionofthep4 jobs-eflaginthePerforce Command Reference.

Reviews Filesofinteresttotheuser,specifiedusingdepotsyntax

Whenchangeliststhataffectthefilearesubmitted,theuserreceivesemailnotificationofthechange.NotethatyoucanalsospecifyfilesofinterestbyclickingtheReviewstab.

Groups Groupstowhichtheuserbelongs

Toaddtheusertoagroup,enterthenameofthegroupintheGroupfieldandclickAdd,orclickBrowse,selectthegroup,andclickOK.

To change your password:SelectAdministration > Change Password.

To display the groups to which a user belongs,expandtheuserintheUserspane.To display the users in a group,expandthegroupintheGroupspane.

To edit a user or group,right-clicktheuserorgroupyouwanttoeditandselectEdit.

To see the areas of the depot tree to which a user has access,right-clicktheuser,andselectShow Permissions.ThePermissionstabisdisplayed,withtheselecteduserhighlighted.

To add a user to a group,dragtheuserfromtheUserspanetothedesiredgroup.To remove a user from a group,right-clicktheuserinthegroupandchooseRemove.

To edit the groups to which a user belongs:

1. Right-clicktheuserandselectEdit User.

TheUserdialogisdisplayed.

2. EditthelistdisplayedintheGroup membershipfield.

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Managing permissions

Managing permissionsFordetailsabouthowpermissionsworkwithinHelixServer,seetheHelix Versioning Engine Administrator Guide: Fundamentals.

View permissionsTo display the files and folders to which a user has access,clickthedesireduserontheUserstab.

To display the files and folders to which users in a group have access,clickthedesiredgroupontheGroupstab.

To display the groups and users that have access to a file or folder,clickthefileorfolderontheDepot Treetab.

To see which lines of the protections table control accesstoauser,group,orareaofthedepot,clicktheuser,grouporfolderofinterest.Thecorrespondinglineintheprotectionstableishighlighted.(Ifauserorgroupisneithergrantednordeniedaccesstoapathbymeansofanyentriesintheprotectionstable,thedepotpathdisplays"noaccess"andthe"grantedto"fieldisblank.)

To filter out lines in the right-hand pane,usetheAccess Levelsliderstosetthelowestandhighestlevels.Theareasofthedepotassociatedwiththehighlightedrangeofaccessvaluesaredisplayed.

To see only those permissions that apply to a users workstation,entertheIPaddressoftheworkstationintheHost IP filterfield.Forexample,permissionslineswithahostvalueof92.168.*.*and192.168.1.*bothapplytoaworkstationat192.168.1.10.

To show files in the Depot Tree,clickShow files.

Note VirtualstreamsdonotappearintheDepotTreeonthePermissionstab.Virtualstreamsmaptheirparentspaths,andpermissionsforvirtualstreamsarethereforealwayssetfortheparentspaths.

Edit the protections tableTheprotectionstableisdisplayedinthebottompaneofthescreen.Itisarepresentationofthetableusedbythep4 protectcommand,withexclusionarylinesshowninred.Formoreinformationonthep4 protectcommand,seep4 protectintheP4 Command Reference.

Toedittheprotectionstable,usethebuilt-ineditororclick toedittheprotectionstableastext.

Todenyaccesstoaspecificportionofthedepottoauserorgroup,useanexclusionarymapping:placeadash(-)infrontofthepathintheFolder/Filefield.Exclusionarymappingsapplytoallaccesslevels,eventhoughonlyoneaccesslevelcanbeselectedintheAccess Levelfield.

Thefollowingtabledescribesthefieldsintheprotectionstable.

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Configuring P4Admin preferences

Access Level

Thepermissionbeinggranted.Eachpermissionlevelincludesalllower-levelpermissions,exceptforreview.

n super:Grantsaccessallcommandsandcommandoptions

n admin:Permitsthoseadministrativecommandsandcommandoptionsthatdontaffectserversecurity

n write:Letsuserssubmitopenfiles

n open:Letsusersopenfilesforadd,edit,delete,andintegrate

n read:Letsuserssync,diff,andprintfiles

n list:Letsusersseenamesbutnotcontentsoffiles;userscanseeallnon-filerelatedmetadata(workspaces,users,changelists,jobs,etc.

n review:Allowsaccesstothep4 reviewcommand.Thisleveisintendedforautomatedprocesses.Itimpliesreadaccess.

n ##:Addsacommentlinetotheprotectionstable.Forexample:

## robinson crusoe

write user * 10.1.1.1 //depot/test/...

User/Group IndicateswhetherthislineappliestoaPerforceuserorgroup.

Name AHelixServerusernameorgroupname;canbewildcarded.

Host TheIPaddressofaclienthost;canbewildcarded.

Folder/File Thepartofthedepottowhichaccessisbeinggrantedordenied.Todenyaccesstoadepotpath,prefacethepathwithadash(-).Exclusionarymappingsapplytoallaccesslevels,regardlessoftheaccesslevelspecifiedinthefirstfield.

Comment Optionaldescriptionofatableentry.Appendsacommentattheendofalineusingthe##symbols.Forexample:write user * 10.1.1.1 //depot/test/... ## robinson crusoe

Configuring P4Admin preferencesToconfiguresettingsforP4Admin,selectEdit > Preferences(Windows)orP4Admin > Preferences(Mac).ThePreferencesdialogincludesthefollowingconfigurationpages:

n "Connections"onthenextpage

n "Logging"onthenextpage

n "Display"onpage11

n "Files"onpage11

n "Behavior"onpage11

n "Tools"onpage12

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Connections

n "Editor"onpage12

n "Diff"onpage13

ClickApplytosaveyourchanges.ClickOKtosaveyourchangesandexitthedialog.

ConnectionsYoucanconfigurethefollowingsettingsforconnectingtoaHelixServer:

When the application launches:

n Restore all previously opened connections:Donotpromptforconnectionsettings;reconnecttotheservertowhichyouwereconnectedduringyourlastsession.

Opening and closing connections:

n Use IP-specific tickets when logging in:SpecifieswhetheryourloginticketisrestrictedtotheIPaddressfromwhichyouareconnecting.

n Automatically log off when closing a connection:Specifieswhetheryourticketisinvalidatedwhenyoulogout.

Server DataYoucanconfigurehowmuchdataP4Adminprocessesduringasessiontominimizeserverloadforfrequentlyruncommandsandlargedatatransfers.Thefollowingsettingsareavailable:

n Check server for updates every n minutes:SpecifieshowoftenP4AdminchecksthePerforceserviceforupdatedfileinformation.FrequentchecksenableP4AdmintodisplaycurrentfilestatusbutincreasetheworkloadonthePerforceservice.

n Maximum size of file to preview (excludes audio and video files):LimitsthesizeofimagefilesdisplayedinthePreviewtabontheFilespane,tolimittheamountofimagedatasentfromthePerforceservicetoP4V.

LoggingYoucanconfigurethefollowingloggingoptions:

Log pane options:

n Show p4 reporting commands:SpecifieswhetherthelogpaneintheAdministrationToolwindowdisplaysallcommandsissuedbytheAdministrationTool,includingcommandsissuedbytheAdministrationTooltoobtainstatusinformationfromtheHelixServer.

Logging to a file:

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n Enable logging to file:LogsAdministrationToolactivitytothespecifiedfile.

l Name:Specifiesthenameandlocationofthelogfile.

l Size:Specifiesthemaximumsizeofthelogfile.

DisplayYoucanconfigurethefollowingAdministrationTooldisplayandlocalizationoptions:

Application:

n Dates:SetsthedateformatusedthroughouttheAdministrationTool.

l OS format:Usetheformatthatyouroperatingsystemuses.

l Perforce standard (yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss):Usetheapplicationstandard.

Localization:

n Language used for application menus, labels, and dialogs (requires restart):Selectlanguage.

n Set encoding for all connections to:Setsthecharacterencodingforconnectionstoaunicode-modeHelixServer.

Ifyoudonotsettheencodinghere,youarepromptedtoenterthecharacterencodingeverytimeyousetupaconnectiontoaunicode-modeHelixServer.Theencodingthatyousetheredoesnotaffectserverconnectionswhosecharacterencodinghasalreadybeensetatconnection.Ifyouareunsurewhichsettingtochoose,consultyourHelixServeradministrator.

FilesYoucanconfigurethewaytheAdministrationTooldisplaysfilesandfileicons:

n Show Perforce filetype for files in the Depot tree:Togglesdisplayoffiletypeinthetreepane.

n Show revision information for files in the Depot tree: Togglesdisplayofrevisionnumbersinthetreepane.

Application FontYoucanconfigurethefontfamily,style,andsizefortheapplicationfontandfilecontentfontthatP4Adminuses.Forfilecontent,youcanalsoselecttoShow fixed sized fonts only.SelectingthisoptionlimitsthevaluesavailableintheFont familylisttofixed-sizedfonts.

BehaviorYoucanconfigurethefollowingAdministrationTooluserinterfacebehaviors:

Drag and drop:

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Tools

n on a file, do a diff comparisons:Whenselected,P4AdminlaunchestheDiffdialogwhenyoudropafileonanotherfile.

n anywhere within a changelist, move open files to new changelist:Whenselected,P4Adminmovesanyopenfilestoanewchangelistwhenyoudropafilewithinachangelist.

n on a file, do nothing:Whenselected,P4Admindoesnotdoanythingwhenyoudropafileonanotherfile.

ToolsYoucanconfigurethefollowingRevisionGraphandTime-LapseViewoptions:

Revision Graph:

n Limit Revision Graph to ancestors and descendants:Limitsafilesintegrationhistorytoancestorsanddescendants(default).Thisoptionhasthesmallestfootprintandensuresoptimizedperformance.

n Show Full Revision history in Revision Graph:Displaysthefullintegrationhistoryofthebranch.Withthisoption,therevisiongraphmighttakelongertodisplay.

Time-Lapse View:

n By default Time-lapse View should show:SpecifieswhetherTime-lapseViewdisplaystheintegration/mergehistoryfortheselectedfilebydefault.YoucanalsotogglethedisplayofintegrationhistoryinTime-lapseView.

EditorToassociatefiletypeswiththeapplicationsyouusetoeditthem:

1. ClickAdd.

2. Selectafileextensionfromthedrop-downlist.

3. Enterorbrowsefortheassociatedapplication.

4. (Optional)SelectAlways use the selected application to open files of this typetosettheapplicationasthedefault.

5. ClickSave.

Youcanenterasmanyapplicationsasyoulikeforeachextension.Alloftheapplicationswillappearasoptionswhenyouright-clickafileintheAdministrationToolandselectOpen With.

Note AnyapplicationthatyouveusedtoopenafilefromthecontextmenuintheAdministrationToolappearsbydefaultasanassociatedapplicationontheEditorpageintheAdministrationToolPreferencesdialog,unlessyouremoveit.

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Diff

DiffTosetthedefaultdiffapplication,selectoneofthefollowing:

1. P4Merge: Thecompaniondifftool.

2. Other application:Browsetoyourpreferreddifftool.

Tospecifyargumentsforthird-partydiffapplications,enter%1forthenameofthefirstfileand%2forthenameofthesecondfileintheArgumentsfield.Perforcereplacestheseplaceholderswiththeactualfilenameswhencallingthediffapplication.

Toassigndiffapplicationsbyfiletype:

1. ClickAdd.

2. Selectafileextensionfromthedrop-downlist.

3. Enterorbrowsefortheassociatedapplication.

4. Specifyargumentsforthird-partydiffapplicationsintheArgumentsfield:

Enter%1forthenameofthefirstfileand%2forthenameofthesecondfile.TheAdministrationToolreplacestheseplaceholderswiththeactualfilenameswhencallingthediffapplication.

5. ClickSave.

Theextensionandassociatedapplicationaredisplayedinthelistoffiletype-applicationassociations.

AppletsYoucanenableaHelixServertoserveappletsthatcanruninP4Admin.FortheseappletstoruninP4Admin,youmustenableappletsintheP4Adminpreferences.FormoreinformationaboutPerforceapplets,seethePerforce Javascript API for Visual Tools User Guide.

ToenableappletstoruninP4Admin:

1. SelectAllow Perforce applets to run in P4Admin.

2. SpecifytheHelixServer(oneormore)fromwhichyouarewillingtoacceptPerforceapplets:

n EntertheHelixServernameorhost:portintheServerfield.

n ClickAdd.

3. ClickAdvancedtospecifythefollowingsettings:

n Save cookies from applets(ClickRemove Cookiestodeleteallapplet-generatedcookies)

n Allow applets to store data locally

n Manually configure web proxy used by applets for internet access:Enterthewebproxyaddressandport.

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Glossary

A

access level

Apermissionassignedtoausertocontrolwhichcommandstheusercanexecute.Seealsothe'protections'entryinthisglossaryandthe'p4protect'commandintheP4CommandReference.

admin access

Anaccesslevelthatgivestheuserpermissiontoprivilegedcommands,usuallysuperprivileges.

APC

TheAlternativePHPCache,afree,open,androbustframeworkforcachingandoptimizingPHPintermediatecode.

archive

1.Forreplication,versionedfiles(asopposedtodatabasemetadata).2.Forthe'p4archive'command,aspecialdepotinwhichtocopytheserverdata(ersionedfilesandmetadata).

atomic change transaction

Groupingoperationsaffectinganumberoffilesinasingletransaction.Ifalloperationsinthetransactionsucceed,allthefilesareupdated.Ifanyoperationinthetransactionfails,noneofthefilesareupdated.

avatar

AvisualrepresentationofaSwarmuserorgroup.AvatarsareusedinSwarmtoshowinvolvementinorownershipofprojects,groups,changelists,reviews,comments,etc.Seealsothe"Gravatar"entryinthisglossary.

B

base

Thefilerevision,inconjunctionwiththesourcerevision,usedtohelpdeterminewhatintegrationchangesshouldbeappliedtothetargetrevision.

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binary file type

AHelixServerfiletypeassignedtoanon-textfile.Bydefault,thecontentsofeachrevisionarestoredinfull,andfilerevisionisstoredincompressedformat.

branch

(noun)AsetofrelatedfilesthatexistataspecificlocationinthePerforcedepotasaresultofbeingcopiedtothatlocation,asopposedtobeingaddedtothatlocation.Agroupofrelatedfilesisoftenreferredtoasacodeline.(verb)Tocreateacodelinebycopyinganothercodelinewiththe'p4integrate','p4copy',or'p4populate'command.

branch form

Theformthatappearswhenyouusethe'p4branch'commandtocreateormodifyabranchspecification.

branch mapping

Specifieshowabranchistobecreatedorintegratedbydefiningthelocation,thefiles,andtheexclusionsoftheoriginalcodelineandthetargetcodeline.Thebranchmappingisusedbytheintegrationprocesstocreateandupdatebranches.

branch view

Aspecificationofthebranchingrelationshipbetweentwocodelinesinthedepot.Eachbranchviewhasauniquenameanddefineshowfilesaremappedfromtheoriginatingcodelinetothetargetcodeline.Thisisthesameasbranchmapping.

broker

HelixBroker,aserverprocessthatinterceptscommandstotheHelixServerandisabletorunscriptsonthecommandsbeforesendingthemtotheHelixServer.

C

change review

Theprocessofsendingemailtouserswhohaveregisteredtheirinterestinchangeliststhatincludespecifiedfilesinthedepot.

changelist

Alistoffiles,theirversionnumbers,thechangesmadetothefiles,andadescriptionofthechangesmade.AchangelististhebasicunitofversionedworkinHelixServer.Thechangesspecifiedinthe

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changelistarenotstoredinthedepotuntilthechangelistissubmittedtothedepot.Seealsoatomicchangetransaction.

changelist form

Theformthatappearswhenyoumodifyachangelistusingthe'p4change'command.

changelist number

Theuniquenumericidentifierofachangelist.Bydefault,changelistsaresequential.

check in

TosubmitafiletotheHelixServerdepot.

check out

Todesignateoneormorefilesforedit.

checkpoint

Abackupcopyoftheunderlyingmetadataataparticularmomentintime.Acheckpointcanrecreatedb.user,db.protect,andotherdb.*files.Seealsometadata.

classic depot

ArepositoryofHelixServerfilesthatisnotstreams-based.Thedefaultdepotnameisdepot.Seealsodefaultdepotandstreamdepot.

client form

Theformyouusetodefineaclientworkspace,suchaswiththe'p4client'or'p4workspace'commands.

client name

Anamethatuniquelyidentifiesthecurrentclientworkspace.Clientworkspaces,labels,andbranchspecificationscannotsharethesamename.

client root

Thetopmost(root)directoryofaclientworkspace.Iftwoormoreclientworkspacesarelocatedononemachine,theyshouldnotshareaclientrootdirectory.

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client side

Theright-handsideofamappingwithinaclientview,specifyingwherethecorrespondingdepotfilesarelocatedintheclientworkspace.

client workspace

DirectoriesonyourmachinewhereyouworkonfilerevisionsthataremanagedbyHelixServer.Bydefault,thisnameissettothenameofthemachineonwhichyourclientworkspaceislocated,butitcanbeoverridden.Clientworkspaces,labels,andbranchspecificationscannotsharethesamename.

code review

AprocessinHelixSwarmbywhichotherdeveloperscanseeyourcode,providefeedback,andapproveorrejectyourchanges.

codeline

Asetoffilesthatevolvecollectively.Onecodelinecanbebranchedfromanother,allowingeachsetoffilestoevolveseparately.

comment

FeedbackprovidedinHelixSwarmonachangelist,review,job,orafilewithinachangelistorreview.

commit server

Aserverthatispartofanedge/commitsystemthatprocessessubmittedfiles(checkins),globalworkspaces,andpromotedshelves.

conflict

1.Asituationwheretwousersopenthesamefileforedit.Oneusersubmitsthefile,afterwhichtheotherusercannotsubmitunlessthefileisresolved.2.Aresolvewherethesamelineischangedwhenmergingonefileintoanother.Thistypeofconflictoccurswhenthecomparisonoftwofilestoabaseyieldsdifferentresults,indicatingthatthefileshavebeenchangedindifferentways.Inthiscase,themergecannotbedoneautomaticallyandmustberesolvedmanually.Seefileconflict.

copy up

AHelixServerbestpracticetocopy(andnotmerge)changesfromlessstablelinestomorestablelines.Seealsomerge.

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counter

Anumericvariableusedtotrackvariablessuchaschangelists,checkpoints,andreviews.

CSRF

Cross-SiteRequestForgery,aformofweb-basedattackthatexploitsthetrustthatasitehasinauser'swebbrowser.

D

default changelist

Thechangelistusedbyafileadd,edit,ordelete,unlessanumberedchangelistisspecified.Adefaultpendingchangelistiscreatedautomaticallywhenafileisopenedforedit.

deleted file

InHelixServer,afilewithitsheadrevisionmarkedasdeleted.Olderrevisionsofthefilearestillavailable.inHelixServer,adeletedfileissimplyanotherrevisionofthefile.

delta

Thedifferencesbetweentwofiles.

depot

Afilerepositoryhostedontheserver.Adepotisthetop-levelunitofstorageforversionedfiles(depotfilesorsourcefiles)withinaHelixVersioningEngine.Itcontainsallversionsofallfileseversubmittedtothedepot.Therecanbemultipledepotsonasingleinstallation.

depot root

Thetopmost(root)directoryforadepot.

depot side

Theleftsideofanyclientviewmapping,specifyingthelocationoffilesinadepot.

depot syntax

HelixServersyntaxforspecifyingthelocationoffilesinthedepot.Depotsyntaxbeginswith://depot/

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diff

(noun)Asetoflinesthatdonotmatchwhentwofilesarecompared.Aconflictisapairofunequaldiffsbetweeneachoftwofilesandabase.(verb)Tocomparethecontentsoffilesorfilerevisions.Seealsoconflict.

donor file

Thefilefromwhichchangesaretakenwhenpropagatingchangesfromonefiletoanother.

E

edge server

Areplicaserverthatispartofanedge/commitsystemthatisabletoprocessmostread/writecommands,including'p4integrate',andalsodeliverversionedfiles(depotfiles).

exclusionary access

Apermissionthatdeniesaccesstothespecifiedfiles.

exclusionary mapping

Aviewmappingthatexcludesspecificfilesordirectories.

F

file conflict

Inathree-wayfilemerge,asituationinwhichtworevisionsofafiledifferfromeachotherandfromtheirbasefile.Also,anattempttosubmitafilethatisnotaneditoftheheadrevisionofthefileinthedepot,whichtypicallyoccurswhenanotheruseropensthefileforeditafteryouhaveopenedthefileforedit.

file pattern

HelixServercommandlinesyntaxthatenablesyoutospecifyfilesusingwildcards.

file repository

Themastercopyofallfiles,whichissharedbyallusers.InHelixServer,thisiscalledthedepot.

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file revision

Aspecificversionofafilewithinthedepot.Eachrevisionisassignedanumber,insequence.Anyrevisioncanbeaccessedinthedepotbyitsrevisionnumber,precededbyapoundsign(#),forexampletestfile#3.

file tree

Allthesubdirectoriesandfilesunderagivenrootdirectory.

file type

AnattributethatdetermineshowHelixServerstoresanddiffsaparticularfile.Examplesoffiletypesaretextandbinary.

fix

Ajobthathasbeenclosedinachangelist.

form

AscreendisplayedbycertainHelixServercommands.Forexample,youusethechangeformtoentercommentsaboutaparticularchangelisttoverifytheaffectedfiles.

forwarding replica

Areplicaserverthatcanprocessread-onlycommandsanddeliverversionedfiles(depotfiles).Oneormorereplicatserverscansignificantlyimproveperformancebyoffloadingsomeofthemasterserverload.Inmanycases,aforwardingreplicacanbecomeadisasterrecoveryserver.

G

Git Fusion

APerforceproductthatintegratesGitwithHelix,offeringenterprise-readyGitrepositorymanagement,andworkflowsthatallowGitandHelixServeruserstocollaborateonthesameprojectsusingtheirpreferredtools.

graph depot

AdepotoftypegraphthatisusedtostoreGitreposintheHelixServer.SeealsoHelix4Git.

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Gravatar

gravatar.comisathirdpartyservicethatyoucansubscribeto,gravatarenablesyoutouploadanimagethatyoucanuseinSwarm.Whenconfigured,Swarmwillattempttofetchyouravatarfromgravatar.comanduseitwithinSwarm.Ifyouravatarisnotfoundongravatar.com,Swarmwilluseoneofitsowndefaultavatarstorepresentyouractivity.Seealsothe"avatar"entryinthisglossary.

group

AfeatureinHelixServerthatmakesiteasiertomanagepermissionsformultipleusers.

H

have list

Thelistoffilerevisionscurrentlyintheclientworkspace.

head revision

Themostrecentrevisionofafilewithinthedepot.Becausefilerevisionsarenumberedsequentially,thisrevisionisthehighest-numberedrevisionofthatfile.

Helix Server

TheHelixServerdepotandmetadata;also,theprogramthatmanagesthedepotandmetadata,alsocalledHelixVersioningEngine.

Helix TeamHub

APerforcemanagementplatformforcodeandartifactrepository.TeamHuboffersbuilt-insupportforGit,SVN,Mercurial,Maven,andmore.

Helix4Git

PerforcesolutionforteamsusingGit.Helix4GitoffersbothspeedandscalabilityandsupportshybridenvironmentsconsistingofGitrepositoriesand'classic'HelixServerdepots.

I

iconv

iconvisaPHPextensionthatperformscharactersetconversion,andisaninterfacetotheGNUlibiconvlibrary.

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integrate

Tocomparetwosetsoffiles(forexample,twocodelinebranches)anddeterminewhichchangesinonesetapplytotheother,determineifthechangeshavealreadybeenpropagated,andpropagateanyoutstandingchangesfromonesettoanother.

J

job

Auser-definedunitofworktrackedbyHelixServer.Thejobtemplatedetermineswhatinformationistracked.ThetemplatecanbemodifiedbytheHelixServersystemadministrator.Ajobdescribesworktobedone,suchasabugfix.Associatingajobwithachangelistrecordswhichchangesfixedthebug.

job daemon

AjobdaemonisaprogramthatcheckstheHelixServermachinedailytodetermineifanyjobsareopen.Ifso,thedaemonsendsanemailmessagetointerestedusers,informingthemthenumberofjobsineachcategory,theseverityofeachjob,andmore.

job specification

AformdescribingthefieldsandpossiblevaluesforeachjobstoredintheHelixServermachine.

job view

AsyntaxusedforsearchingHelixServerjobs.

journal

AfilecontainingarecordofeverychangemadetotheHelixServersmetadatasincethetimeofthelastcheckpoint.ThisfilegrowsaseachHelixServertransactionislogged.Thefileshouldbeautomaticallytruncatedandrenamedintoanumberedjournalwhenacheckpointistaken.

journal rotation

Theprocessofrenamingthecurrentjournaltoanumberedjournalfile.

journaling

TheprocessofrecordingchangesmadetotheHelixServersmetadata.

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label

Anamedlistofuser-specifiedfilerevisions.

label view

Theviewthatspecifieswhichfilenamesinthedepotcanbestoredinaparticularlabel.

lazy copy

AmethodusedbyHelixServertomakeinternalcopiesoffileswithoutduplicatingfilecontentinthedepot.Alazycopypointstotheoriginalversionedfile(depotfile).Lazycopiesminimizetheconsumptionofdiskspacebystoringreferencestotheoriginalfileinsteadofcopiesofthefile.

license file

AfilethatensuresthatthenumberofHelixServerusersonyoursitedoesnotexceedthenumberforwhichyouhavepaid.

list access

Aprotectionlevelthatenablesyoutorunreportingcommandsbutpreventsaccesstothecontentsoffiles.

local depot

AnydepotlocatedonthecurrentlyspecifiedHelixServer.

local syntax

Thesyntaxforspecifyingafilenamethatisspecifictoanoperatingsystem.

lock

1.Afilelockthatpreventsotherclientsfromsubmittingthelockedfile.Filesareunlockedwiththe'p4unlock'commandorbysubmittingthechangelistthatcontainsthelockedfile.2.Adatabaselockthatpreventsanotherprocessfrommodifyingthedatabasedb.*file.

log

ErroroutputfromtheHelixServer.Tospecifyalogfile,settheP4LOGenvironmentvariableorusethep4d-Lflagwhenstartingtheservice.

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M

mapping

Asinglelineinaview,consistingofaleftsideandarightsidethatspecifythecorrespondencesbetweenfilesinthedepotandfilesinaclient,label,orbranch.Seealsoworkspaceview,branchview,andlabelview.

MDS checksum

ThemethodusedbyHelixServertoverifytheintegrityofversionedfiles(depotfiles).

merge

1.Tocreatenewfilesfromexistingfiles,preservingtheirancestry(branching).2.Topropagatechangesfromonesetoffilestoanother.3.Theprocessofcombiningthecontentsoftwoconflictingfilerevisionsintoasinglefile,typicallyusingamergetoollikeP4Merge.

merge file

AfilegeneratedbytheHelixServerfromtwoconflictingfilerevisions.

metadata

ThedatastoredbytheHelixServerthatdescribesthefilesinthedepot,thecurrentstateofclientworkspaces,protections,users,labels,andbranches.MetadataincludesallthedatastoredinthePerforceserviceexceptfortheactualcontentsofthefiles.

modification time or modtime

Thetimeafilewaslastchanged.

MPM

Multi-ProcessingModule,acomponentoftheApachewebserverthatisresponsibleforbindingtonetworkports,acceptingrequests,anddispatchoperationstohandletherequest.

N

nonexistent revision

Acompletelyemptyrevisionofanyfile.Syncingtoanonexistentrevisionofafileremovesitfromyourworkspace.Anemptyfilerevisioncreatedbydeletingafileandthe#nonerevisionspecifierareexamplesofnonexistentfilerevisions.

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numbered changelist

ApendingchangelisttowhichHelixServerhasassignedanumber.

O

opened file

Afilethatyouarechanginginyourclientworkspacethatischeckedout.Ifthefileisnotcheckedout,openingitinthefilesystemdoesnotmeananythingtotheversioningengineer.

owner

TheHelixServeruserwhocreatedaparticularclient,branch,orlabel.

P

p4

1.TheHelixVersioningEnginecommandlineprogram.2.Thecommandyouissuetoexecutecommandsfromtheoperatingsystemcommandline.

p4d

TheprogramthatrunstheHelixServer;p4dmanagesdepotfilesandmetadata.

P4PHP

ThePHPinterfacetotheHelixAPI,whichenablesyoutowritePHPcodethatinteractswithaHelixServermachine.

PECL

PHPExtensionCommunityLibrary,alibraryofextensionsthatcanbeaddedtoPHPtoimproveandextenditsfunctionality.

pending changelist

Achangelistthathasnotbeensubmitted.

project

InHelixSwarm,agroupofHelixServeruserswhoareworkingtogetheronaspecificcodebase,definedbyoneormorebranchesofcode,alongwithoptionsforajobfilter,automatedtest

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integration,andautomateddeployment.

protections

ThepermissionsstoredintheHelixServersprotectionstable.

proxy server

AHelixServerthatstoresversionedfiles.Aproxyserverdoesnotperformanycommands.ItservesversionedfilestoHelixServerclients.

R

RCS format

RevisionControlSystemformat.Usedforstoringrevisionsoftextfilesinversionedfiles(depotfiles).RCSformatusesreversedeltaencodingforfilestorage.HelixServerusesRCSformattostoretextfiles.Seealsoreversedeltastorage.

read access

AprotectionlevelthatenablesyoutoreadthecontentsoffilesmanagedbyHelixServerbutnotmakeanychanges.

remote depot

AdepotlocatedonanotherHelixServeraccessedbythecurrentHelixServer.

replica

AHelixServerthatcontainsafullorpartialcopyofmetadatafromamasterHelixServer.Replicaserversaretypicallyupdatedeverysecondtostaysynchronizedwiththemasterserver.

repo

Agraphdepotcontainsoneormorerepos,andeachrepocontainsfilesfromGitusers.

reresolve

Theprocessofresolvingafileafterthefileisresolvedandbeforeitissubmitted.

resolve

Theprocessyouusetomanagethedifferencesbetweentworevisionsofafile.Youcanchoosetoresolveconflictsbyselectingthesourceortargetfiletobesubmitted,bymergingthecontentsof

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conflictingfiles,orbymakingadditionalchanges.

reverse delta storage

ThemethodthatHelixServerusestostorerevisionsoftextfiles.HelixServerstoresthechangesbetweeneachrevisionanditspreviousrevision,plusthefulltextoftheheadrevision.

revert

Todiscardthechangesyouhavemadetoafileintheclientworkspacebeforeasubmit.

review access

Aspecialprotectionslevelthatincludesreadandlistaccessesandgrantspermissiontorunthep4reviewcommand.

review daemon

AreviewdaemonisaprogramthatperiodicallycheckstheHelixServermachinetodetermineifanychangelistshavebeensubmitted.Ifso,thedaemonsendsanemailmessagetouserswhohavesubscribedtoanyofthefilesincludedinthosechangelists,informingthemofchangesinfilestheyareinterestedin.

revision number

Anumberindicatingwhichrevisionofthefileisbeingreferredto,typicallydesignatedwithapoundsign(#).

revision range

Arangeofrevisionnumbersforaspecifiedfile,specifiedasthelowandhighendoftherange.Forexample,myfile#5,7specifiesrevisions5through7ofmyfile.

revision specification

Asuffixtoafilenamethatspecifiesaparticularrevisionofthatfile.Revisionspecifierscanberevisionnumbers,arevisionrange,changenumbers,labelnames,date/timespecifications,orclientnames.

RPM

RPMPackageManagerisatool,andpackageformat,formanagingtheinstallation,updates,andremovalofsoftwarepackagesforLinuxdistributionssuchasRedHatEnterpriseLinux,theFedoraProject,andtheCentOSProject.

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server data

Thecombinationofservermetadata(theHelixServerdatabase)andthedepotfiles(yourorganization'sversionedsourcecodeandbinaryassets).

server root

Thetopmostdirectoryinwhichp4dstoresitsmetadata(db.*files)andallversionedfiles(depotfilesorsourcefiles).Tospecifytheserverroot,settheP4ROOTenvironmentvariableorusethep4d-rflag.

service

IntheHelixVersioningEngine,thesharedversioningservicethatrespondstorequestsfromHelixServerclientapplications.TheHelixServer(p4d)maintainsdepotfilesandmetadatadescribingthefilesandalsotracksthestateofclientworkspaces.

shelve

TheprocessoftemporarilystoringfilesintheHelixServerwithoutcheckinginachangelist.

status

Forachangelist,avaluethatindicateswhetherthechangelistisnew,pending,orsubmitted.Forajob,avaluethatindicateswhetherthejobisopen,closed,orsuspended.Youcancustomizejobstatuses.Forthe'p4status'command,bydefaultthefilesopenedandthefilesthatneedtobereconciled.

stream

Abranchwithadditionalintelligencethatdetermineswhatchangesshouldbepropagatedandinwhatordertheyshouldbepropagated.

stream depot

Adepotusedwithstreamsandstreamclients.

submit

TosendapendingchangelistintotheHelixServerdepotforprocessing.

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super access

AnaccesslevelthatgivestheuserpermissiontoruneveryHelixServercommand,includingcommandsthatsetprotections,installtriggers,orshutdowntheserviceformaintenance.

symlink file type

AHelixServerfiletypeassignedtosymboliclinks.Onplatformsthatdonotsupportsymboliclinks,symlinkfilesappearassmalltextfiles.

sync

Tocopyafilerevision(orsetoffilerevisions)fromtheHelixServerdepottoaclientworkspace.

T

target file

Thefilethatreceivesthechangesfromthedonorfilewhenyouintegratechangesbetweentwocodelines.

text file type

HelixServerfiletypeassignedtoafilethatcontainsonlyASCIItext,includingUnicodetext.Seealsobinaryfiletype.

theirs

Therevisioninthedepotwithwhichtheclientfile(yourfile)ismergedwhenyouresolveafileconflict.Whenyouareworkingwithbranchedfiles,theirsisthedonorfile.

three-way merge

Theprocessofcombiningthreefilerevisions.Duringathree-waymerge,youcanidentifywhereconflictingchangeshaveoccurredandspecifyhowyouwanttoresolvetheconflicts.

trigger

AscriptautomaticallyinvokedbyHelixServerwhenvariousconditionsaremet.(See"HelixVersioningEngineAdministratorGuide:Fundamentals"on"Usingtriggerstocustomizebehavior")

two-way merge

Theprocessofcombiningtwofilerevisions.Inatwo-waymerge,youcanseedifferencesbetweenthefiles.

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typemap

AtableinHelixServerinwhichyouassignfiletypestofiles.

U

user

TheidentifierthatHelixServerusestodeterminewhoisperforminganoperation.

V

versioned file

SourcefilesstoredintheHelixServerdepot,includingoneormorerevisions.Alsoknownasadepotfileorsourcefile.Versionedfilestypicallyusethenamingconvention'filenamev'or'1.changelist.gz'.

view

Adescriptionoftherelationshipbetweentwosetsoffiles.Seeworkspaceview,labelview,branchview.

W

wildcard

Aspecialcharacterusedtomatchothercharactersinstrings.ThefollowingwildcardsareavailableinHelixServer:*matchesanythingexceptaslash;...matchesanythingincludingslashes;%%0through%%9isusedforparametersubstitutioninviews.

workspace

Seeclientworkspace.

workspace view

Asetofmappingsthatspecifiesthecorrespondencebetweenfilelocationsinthedepotandtheclientworkspace.

write access

Aprotectionlevelthatenablesyoutoruncommandsthatalterthecontentsoffilesinthedepot.Writeaccessincludesreadandlistaccesses.

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X

XSS

Cross-SiteScripting,aformofweb-basedattackthatinjectsmaliciouscodeintoauser'swebbrowser.

Y

yours

Theeditedversionofafileinyourclientworkspacewhenyouresolveafile.Also,thetargetfilewhenyouintegrateabranchedfile.

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