p4 revert

Discard changes made to open files or revert an open stream spec.

Syntax

p4 [g-opts] revert [-a -n -k -K -w] [-c change] [-C client] [--remote=remote] file ...
p4 [g-opts] revert [-a -n -k -K -w] [-Si] [-c change] [-C client] [--remote=remote] file ...
p4 [g-opts] revert -So [-c change]

Syntax conventions

Description

Use p4 revert to discard changes made to open files, reverting them to the revisions last synced from the depot (with p4 sync). This command also removes the reverted files from the pending changelists with which they’re associated. An administrator can use the -C option to revert another user’s open files.

  • When you revert files you opened with p4 delete, the files are reinstated in the client workspace.
  • When you revert files that have been opened by p4 add, Helix Server leaves the client workspace files intact.
  • When you revert files you’ve opened with p4 integrate, Helix Server removes the files from the client workspace.
  • When you revert files you’ve opened with p4 move, only the file open for move/add can be reverted.

The host name is implied and the username is not needed.

streams and p4 revert

The -Si and -So options revert an open stream spec. By default, an open stream spec is not reverted.

Options for files

-a

Revert only those files that haven’t changed (in terms of content or filetype) since they were opened.

The only files reverted are those whose client revisions are the following:

  • Open for edit but have unchanged content and unchanged filetype.
  • Open for integrate via p4 integrate and have not yet been resolved with p4 resolve.

  • Open for add, but are missing from the workspace.

    Files that are open for add that are missing but which also have pending integrations will not be reverted.

-c change

Reverts only those files in the specified changelist.

Revert all files in a specific change in a client workspace

$ p4 revert -c 345627 "//..."

-C client

Revert another user’s open files. This option:

  • requires admin or greater permission

  • implies the -k, -H, and -u options. -H and -u are global options.

Revert a single file in a client workspace:

$ p4 revert -C bruno_ws //depot/www/dev/Jam.html

Revert all files in a client workspace:

$ p4 revert -C bruno_ws //...

This option is useful in freeing up exclusive locks held on an edge server. In such a case, the command needs to be directed to the edge server where the client resides. For example:

$ p4 revert -C SusanClient //depot/src/x.cc

The option is also useful in cleaning up after old users' workspaces. You need to revert any open files in a workspace before you delete it.

-k

Keep workspace files; the file(s) are removed from any changelists and Helix Server records that the files as being no longer open, but the file(s) are unchanged in the client workspace.
-K Suppress keyword expansion when updating +k type files on the client. See File type modifiers.

-n

List the files that would be reverted without actually performing the revert.

This lets you make sure the revert does what you think it does before actually reverting the files.

--remote=remote

Reverts the file in your personal server, and additionally — if the file is of type +l — releases the global exclusive lock on the file in the shared server from which you cloned the file.

For more information, see the section Support for exclusive locking in the Fetching and Pushing chapter of Using Helix Core Server for Distributed Versioning.

For more information, see the section "Support for exclusive locking in personal servers" in the "Fetching and Pushing" chapter of Using Helix Core Server for Distributed Versioning.

-w

Files that are open for add are to be deleted (wiped) from the workspace when reverted.
-Si See Options for streams.
-So

g-opts

See Global options.

Options for streams

-Si

Include the open stream spec when reverting the specified list of files

-So

Only the open stream spec is reverted. No list of files allowed. The behavior is like p4 stream revert

Usage Notes

Can File Arguments Use Revision Specifier? Can File Arguments Use Revision Range? Minimal Access Level Required

No

No

list

admin for the -C option

  • p4 revert differs from most Helix Server commands in that it usually requires a file argument. The files that are reverted are those that lie in the intersection of the command line file arguments and the client view.

    You don’t need to specify a file argument when using the -a option.

  • Reverting a file that has been opened for edit will overwrite any changes you have made to the file since the file was opened. It may be prudent to use p4 revert -n to preview the results before running p4 revert.

Examples for reverting streams

p4 revert -Si ... Revert everything in the default changelist, including the current open stream spec.
p4 revert -So Revert only the current open stream spec in the default changelist
p4 revert -Si -c 987654321 ... Revert everything in the numbered changelist.
p4 revert -So -c 987654321 Revert only the open stream spec in the numbered changelist.
p4 revert -Si foo Revert the current open stream spec and the file in the default changelist
p4 revert -Si -c 987654321 foo Revert the current open stream spec and the file in the numbered changelist.

p4 revert foo

Revert only the file, not the stream, from a default change list.

p4 revert -c 987654321 foo

Revert only file, not the stream, from a numbered change list.

Related Commands

To open a file for add

p4 add

To open a file for deletion

p4 delete

To copy all open files to the depot

p4 submit

To read files from the depot into the client workspace

p4 sync

To list all opened files

p4 opened

To forcibly bring the client workspace in sync with the files that Helix Server thinks you have, overwriting any unopened, writable files in the process.

p4 sync -f