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P4 Server Administration Documentation | 2026.1

# Unable to add: file is mapped read-only

Problem | Solution
--- | ---
    p4 add file1.txt
results in
    //repo/repo1/file1.txt
    - file is mapped read-only, can only add
    file in a local depot
| Create a client of type graph. See p4 client (graph) in the P4 CLI Reference.

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