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Perforce: Can I put a 'watch' on a file, so that I am notified when the file changes?

I want to get notifications when new changes are made to a file in Perforce.

Solution

  • If you are running the p4 review daemon, one can run p4 user from the command-line and just add the file to your "reviews".

    # A Perforce User Specification.
#
#  User:        The user's user name.
#  Email:       The user's email address; for email review.
#  Update:      The date this specification was last modified.
#  Access:      The date this user was last active.  Read only.
#  FullName:    The user's real name.
#  JobView:     Selects jobs for inclusion during changelist creation.
#  Password:    If set, user must have matching $P4PASSWD on client.
#  Reviews:     Listing of depot files to be reviewed by user.

User:   you

Email:  you@yourcompany.com

Update: 2012/05/01 11:08:18

Access: 2012/05/17 11:02:27

FullName:   Your Name

Password:   ******

Reviews:
    //depot/directory/...
    //depot2/dir2/file_to_review.cpp