Perforce Revision History Dialog Box

Select Tools»Source Control»Show History to display this dialog box if you configured source control to work with the Perforce command line interface.

Use this dialog box to view the revision history of a file in source control.

This dialog box includes the following components:

Option Description
Depot file

Specifies the path to the file within the Perforce depot structure.
History

Displays a summary of all source control transactions for the file.

Each transaction in the revision history includes the following details:
  • Revision—The revision number of the change
  • Changelist—The Perforce changelist number for the change
  • Date—The date of the change
  • User—The Perforce user name of the person who submitted the change
  • Action—The type of change made, such as an edit or deletion
Note You can right-click a revision in the History list and select Sync to this revision or Describe changelist to sync to a specific revision or to view changelist information and files, respectively.
Actions in changelist

Displays actions taken in the current changelist, including add, edit, delete, branch, or integrate.

  • File type—Displays the type of file, such as text or HTML, at the given revision.
Description of changelist

Displays the description associated with a specific revision that you select in the History table.