[p4] Using previous version of a file

[Mark Allender]

You can also use p4win in several ways.

Right click on the file and choose sync -> sync to revision, label,
changelist, or date.

You can also look at the revision history for a file, select the revision
you want and hit the 'sync' button in the revision history window. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: perforce-user-bounces at perforce.com 
> [mailto:perforce-user-bounces at perforce.com] On Behalf Of 
> David Weintraub
> Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 8:59 AM
> To: Prashant Deva
> Cc: perforce-user at perforce.com
> Subject: Re: [p4] Using previous version of a file
> 
> Use p4 sync to get the version you want, then use "p4 flush" to make
> Perforce think it has the latest version:
> 
> $ p4 sync "foobar#2"      #Get Revision #2
> $ p4 flush foobar            #Now Perforce thinks you have 
> the latest revision
> $ p4 edit foobar              #Open the file for editing 
> (this is Revision #2)
> $ p4 submit                   #Revision #6 will now be a duplicate of
> Revision #2
> 
> Another way is to use "p4 print"
> 
> $ p4 sync foobar            #Latest revision of foobar
> $ p4 edit foobar
> $ p4 print "foobar#2" > foobar   #Overwrites foobar with Revision #2
> $ p4 submit
> 
> On 12/21/06, Prashant Deva <prashant.deva at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Ok, I really dont get this about perforce.
> >
> > Say i am working on revision 5 of a file.
> > Now, for some reason i dont like these changes and i want 
> to go back to rev
> > 2.
> > So i check out rev 2.
> >
> > But now when i try to check in my file, it wont let me do 
> so until i get the
> > latest version.
> >
> > I thought the whole concept of using a version control 
> system is so that i
> > can use previous versions of a file.
> > So why does perforce insist on me getting the latest 
> version till i can
> > check in?
> >
> > Prashant
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