How to get list of files with checkin details from perforce through Java

Question

My target is to provide a function with a branch name (or path) and in return reply back with a details like -

• What files got changed in this branch.
• Whats the revision version.
• Who made the changes.
• At what time.

I am aware of p4 describe but not sure, if I can use that or how using p4 api for Java.

Appreciate if you can suggest me relevant methods to look into so that I can investigate further in them.

Answer 1

One useful way to approach this is:

p4 changes //depot/path/to/branch/...

This will give you a list of the changes, who made them, and when.

To find the files for each change, as you already have seen,

p4 describe -s change#

So issue the changes command first, to get the list of changes, then for each change, describe it.