p4 describe
Synopsis
Provides information about changelists and the changelists' files.
Syntax
p4 [g-opts] describe
[-doptions] [-s -S -f -O]
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. By default, this command does not
expand keywords because keyword differences tend to obscure real
differences.
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 depot.)
The p4 describe command limits its report depending on
whether or not a changelist is public or restricted. Restricted
submitted or shelved changes are not
reported unless you either own the change or have list
permission for at least one file in the change. Restricted
pending (but unshelved) changes are visible only to the
change owner. If you do not have permission to view a restricted
changelist, the message "no permission" is displayed in place of a
changelist description. Perforce administrators can override this behavior
and view restricted changelists by using the -f option.
You cannot run p4 describe on the default changelist.
The p4 describe command uses p4's
built-in diff subroutine. The
P4DIFF variable has no effect
on this command.
Options
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Runs the diff routine with one of a subset of the standard UNIX diff options. See Usage Notes for an option listing. |
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Force the display of descriptions for restricted changelists.
This option requires |
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If a changelist was renumbered on submit, and you know only the
original changelist number, use |
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Display a shortened output that excludes the files' diffs. |
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Display files shelved for the specified changelist, including diffs of those files against their previous depot revision. |
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See “Global Options”. |
Usage Notes
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Can File Arguments Use Revision Specifier? |
Can File Arguments Use Revision Range? |
Minimal Access Level Required |
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N/A |
N/A |
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The diff options supported by p4 describe are:
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RCS output format, showing additions and deletions made to the file and associated line ranges. |
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context output format, showing line number ranges and
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summary output format, showing only the number of chunks and lines added, deleted, or changed. |
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unified output format, showing added and deleted lines with
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ignore line-ending (CR/LF) convention when finding diffs |
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ignore changes made within whitespace; this option implies
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ignore whitespace altogether; this option implies
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