Reviewing changes

Helix Swarm is a code review tool that allows you to review changes and collaborate with project members. The Eclipse integration enables you to create a new review or update an existing review from the P4 Pending Changelists and P4 Submitted Changelists views.

Image of Pending Changelists Panel with Right-click menu

When reviewing changes within Eclipse, please note the following:

Creating a review

You can create a new a review from the content menu on a Pending or Submitted changelistA list of files, their version numbers, the changes made to the files, and a description of the changes made. A changelist is the basic unit of versioned work in Helix Server. The changes specified in the changelist are not stored in the depot until the changelist is submitted to the depot. See also atomic change transaction and changelist number..

Choose a changelist from the P4 Pending Changelists or P4 Submitted Changelists views, right click, and select New Swarm Review ....

New Swarm Review dialog image

For a Pending changelist, choose the files you wish to shelve for a review, enter an optional description, and select the users you want to include in the review.

For a Submitted changelist, just enter an optional description and select the users you want to include in the review.

Updating a review

You can update a review by choosing the pending changelist from the P4 Pending Changelists view, right-clicking, and selecting Update Swarm Review....

Update Swarm Review dialog image

Select the pending files to update the review and click Update Files.