CODEWITHSUNDEEP
perforce
Sudhir Kumar
Sudhir Kumar

Reputation: 81

Perforce checkin without using editor

When I use p4 submit to checkin changes, an editor opens up and I enter a description of the change. I would like to know if it is possible to make the standard input the place where I enter the description. I am using Perforce in Linux. Thanks

Upvotes: 1

Views: 60

Answers (1)

Samwise
Samwise

Reputation: 71454

Use the "-d" flag:

p4 submit -d "My description"

You can also use "p4 submit -i", but this reads a complete changelist specification, not just the description. Run "p4 change -o" to see what the changelist specification should have in it and where the description fits into it. An equivalent to the above command using "change -o" and "submit -i" would be:

p4 change -o | sed -e "s/<.*>/My description/" | p4 submit -i

Upvotes: 3

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