{"id":70,"date":"2008-11-21T09:27:03","date_gmt":"2008-11-21T09:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/2008\/11\/21\/perforce-basic-concepts\/"},"modified":"2021-02-27T09:56:08","modified_gmt":"2021-02-27T09:56:08","slug":"perforce-basic-concepts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/perforce-basic-concepts\/","title":{"rendered":"Perforce Basic Concepts | Perforce Overview | What is Perforce ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3602 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/perforce-basic-concepts.png\" alt=\"perforce-basic-concepts\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/perforce-basic-concepts.png 600w, https:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/perforce-basic-concepts-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Perforce Basic <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">connects to a Perforce <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">server <\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">to move files between Perforce <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">depots <\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">and your<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">workspace<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">, as shown below.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The precise definitions for these Perforce terms are as follows:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">\u2022 <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">depot<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: Verdana;\">: a file repository on the Perforce server. 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