p4 describe (graph)

Display a commit description.

Syntax

p4 describe -n //repo/name [-a -doptions -s] sha

Description

Display information about the specified commit.

• Specify the repo name after -n

• sha is the corresponding sha1 of the commit

Options

-a	Display the content of added files in addition to diff of updated files.
-doptions	Passes one or more options to the built-in diff routine to modify the output
-s	Display a shortened output that excludes the diffs of the files that were updated.

The diff options supported by p4 describe are:

Option	Name
-dn	RCS output format, showing additions and deletions made to the file and associated line ranges.
-dc[num]	context output format, showing line number ranges and num lines of context around the changes.
-ds	summary output format, showing only the number of chunks and lines added, deleted, or changed.
-du[num]	unified output format, showing added and deleted lines with num lines of context, in a form compatible with the patch(1) utility.
-dl	ignore line-ending (CR/LF) convention when finding diffs
-db	ignore changes made within whitespace; this option implies -dl.
-dw	ignore whitespace altogether; this option implies -dl.

Examples

p4 describe -n //repo/name SHA1

where SHA1 represents the commit SHA1 that is created after the submit occurs. A changelist that is pending does not yet have a SHA1.