Retrieve files from the depot
You can retrieve the most recent revision or any previous revision of a file from the depot to your workspace. In the Solution Explorer, open the folder containing the file you want to retrieve. The icons indicate the status of the files; see Get started with P4 for Visual Studio for details.
To get the latest revision:
- Right-click the file or folder in the Solution Explorer.
- Select Revisions > Get Latest Revision.
To get a previous revision:
- Right-click the file in the Solution Explorer and select Revisions > Get Revision.
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In the Get Revision dialog, specify the revision you want:
- Under Get or replace the following files/folders, you can select specific files or folders to retrieve.
- To to specify a revision by changelist number, label, workspace, or date, choose the method from the Specify revision using: drop-down list and specify the value in the edit field.
- Select Force Operation to retrieve the selected revision into your workspace even if the workspace already has the file. This option does not affect open files.
- Select Only get revisions for files listed in changelists to retrieve only those files that are included in changelists.
- If you are specifying a revision by label, you can ensure that your workspace contains only the labeled file revisions by selecting Remove files from workspace if they are not in label.
- Click Get Revision to retrieve the files to your workspace.