FAQs
Is Perforce still used? ›
Our version control was called Perforce for 20 years, from 1995 to 2015. In 2015, it was renamed Perforce Helix — or Helix for short. In 2017, Perforce Helix evolved to Helix Core. Today, Helix Core is the leading version control software for world-class development at enterprise scale.
How do I email Perforce support? ›Email [email protected] and reference "Swarm" in the subject line. Email is preferable when you need direct assistance. Phone us and ask for assistance with Swarm. When you need immediate assistance, calling us is the quickest way to resolve a Swarm problem.
What are the hours for Perforce support? ›Hours: Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., in the North American time zone specified in your contract.
How do I connect to Perforce? ›- Launch P4V or, if P4V is already running, go to Connection > Open Connection...
- In the Open Connection dialog, enter the Perforce service name and port number for the connection using server_host : port_number syntax. ...
- In the User field, enter your user name.
Perforce, for the most part, requires a connection to the server in order to even see the history of changes. And that single central server becomes a bottleneck as teams and projects get bigger.
Is Perforce better than GitHub? ›For teams working on larger codebases or in repos that contain other large digital assets, Perforce Helix Core is a better solution because it can handle large binary files much more efficiently than Git LFS. Additionally, it easily manages thousands of digital assets and supports over 10,000 concurrent commits.
Does Google still use Perforce? ›Google doesn't use perforce anymore. It's been replaced with Piper, you can read... | Hacker News.
Does Microsoft use Perforce? ›Perforce provides key integrations with many Microsoft products to help teams scale their agile and DevOps initiatives. Now you can increase developer productivity and support your team's entire development lifecycle.
What does Perforce stand for? ›: by force of circ*mstances or of necessity.
Who is using Perforce? ›Perforce's customers are software developers at a wide variety of companies, including Salesforce, Netflix, SAP, Disney, Intuit and the NYSE. The company is considered a leader in the gaming space, with 18 of the top 20 games developers including Ubisoft and Electronic Arts using Perforce version control.
Can I use Git with Perforce? ›
Using Git with Perforce Helix Core
With the Helix Core Git Connector, Git code can be combined with all of your other digital assets inside Helix Core so that you can maintain a single source of truth for builds.
Log in to a Perforce server by obtaining a ticket. The p4 login command authenticates a user and creates a ticket that represents a session with a Perforce server. Once authenticated, a user may access the Perforce server until either the ticket expires or until the user issues the p4 logout command.
Is anyone still using Subversion? ›Is SVN still used? With the move to distributed version control systems like Git, and GitHub's decision to sunset SVN support, you might be wondering if people still use SVN? The answer is yes, they do, though the number of users is admittedly much smaller than in the past.
Does anybody still use Mercurial? ›The Linux kernel project decided to use Git rather than Mercurial, but Mercurial is now used by many other projects (see below).