Configure the default change description text

You must be a P4 Server administrator to change the default change description text.

The default change description text is used when a user does not add their own change description when uploading files to P4 Server. The default change description text is: "P4 Sync auto-submit".

Changing the default change description text for P4 Sync changes it for all P4 Sync users.

  1. To change the default change description text, use the following P4 Server command:

    p4 -u <P4ADMIN> property -a -n HelixSync.DefaultChangelistDescription -v "<This is the new default change description text.>"

    • <P4ADMIN> - Your username

    • "<This is the new default change description text.>" - New default change description text to use for uploads.

    For information about running P4 Server commands, see P4 CLI Reference.

  2. Notify all P4 Sync users to log out of P4 Sync and log back in again. This ensures the new default change description text is used when users upload files without a description.