Commands and metadata

Some commands write metadata to the database. Other commands read metadata from the database.

• commands that write metadata can create things
• commands that read metadata can report about what has been created

Examples:

Write Metadata	Read Metadata
p4 branch p4 changelist p4 client p4 depot p4 repo p4 resolve p4 user	p4 branches p4 changelists p4 clients p4 depots p4 repos p4 resolved p4 users
p4 sync p4 merge p4 revert
	p4 aliases p4 help