Using Perforce Integration
With the Perforce integration enabled, you can perform basic Perforce operations from inside WebStorm.
In this section:
- Enabling and Configuring Perforce Integration
- Handling Modified Without Checkout Files
- Integrating Perforce Files
- Resolving Conflicts with Perforce Integration
- Showing Revision Graph and Time-Lapse View
- Using Multiple Perforce Depots with P4CONFIG
- Working Offline
- Checking Perforce Project Status
- Attaching and Detaching Perforce Jobs to Changelists
Before you start
Install a Perforce client as described on the Perforce Official website.
Create an account with the Perforce depot.
Install and enable the Perforce Integration repository plugin as described in Managing Plugins.
Starting with Perforce in WebStorm
Create a client spec using your Perforce client.
Get source files from the Perforce depot using your Perforce client.
- As soon as the local working copy is on your computer, associate your local directory with Perforce.
After that you will be able to open source files for edit, and perform the usual Perforce-related tasks using WebStorm.
Perforce support
When Perforce integration with WebStorm is enabled, the Editor and the Project Tool Window.
item appears on the menu, and on the context menus of theThe files in the folders under the Perforce control are highlighted according to their status. See File Status Highlights for file status highlighting conventions.
Modifications results are shown in the Version Control tool window.
- When using Perforce integration, it is helpful to open the Version Control tool window. The Console tab displays the following data:
All commands generated based on the settings you specify through the WebStorm user interface.
Information messages concerning the results of executing generated Perforce commands.
Error messages.