Perforce for git users.

perforce.MD

Understanding Perforce (as a git user).

Commands

Git	Perforce Command Line	P4V	Notes
git pull	p4 sync	get latest revision
n/a	p4 update	?	Get latest revision without overwriting files that have been changed.
git checkout	p4 edit	checkout	You plan to change a file from the version control system
git commit	p4 submit	submit
git push	n/a	n/a	No perforce equivalent. There is no concept of a pure local submit in Perforce.
git status	p4 status	?
git stash	p4 shelve
git blame	p4 annotate

Terminology

Git	Perforce
Git	Perforce
Repository	Depot
Local Repository	Workspace

Sample workflow

1 - Get the files from the server

cd /Users/turtle/work
p4 sync

2 - Checkout the file you want to work on and modify it

p4 edit main/foo; 
echo cake >> main/foo

3 - Submit it to the server

p4 submit -d "A trivial edit"

Useful Commands

1. Revert all changes

 p4 revert //...

2. Restore workspace files to match the state of corresponding depot files.

p4 clean

Resources:

1. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17267218/perforce-for-git-users

I think there are some misunderstandings of both perforce and git here. In some ways they're more alike than it seems.

Think of it like this:

When you just map a depot to a local workspace, that's like having a ".svn" folder - a local checkout of remote files.

But when you use the "local server", it's really more like having a ".git" folder where you have the ability to create all your own streams and branches and files and version numbers...

So p4 totally has a concept of push: http://ftp.perforce.com/perforce/r16.2/doc/manuals/cmdref/p4_push.html