What's New in Helix VCS Fall Releases 2017

What’s New in Helix VCS:

Fall Releases 2017

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Agenda

1

Helix Core

2

Helix Swarm

3

Helix P4V

4

P4Eclipse

5

P4VS

6

P4GT

Helix Core 2017.2


1. Parallel shelving operations

2. Third-party fast file transfers

Helix Core


• Parallel sync, submit, and the new shelving feature.

Parallel Shelving Operations


• Pull-archive trigger and edge-content triggers.

• Allow integration with external tools for moving file content:

• Aspera

• FileCatalyst

• Transmit large files up to 13 times faster.

Third-Party Fast File Transfers

Helix Swarm 2017.3


1. Groups can now be added as moderators and/or @mentions.

2. Better user experience for reviews list.

3. Customize email notifications.

4. Swarm can now run on security-enhanced Linux(SELinux).

Helix Swarm


Group Options

• Ability to add groups as moderators, reviewers, & @mentions in Swarm.

• Ability to expand a group membership by adding a subgroup.


Group Options

• Create mailing list for group reviews.

• Notifications will now go to the mailing list instead of the individual user.


Group Options

• When using group mailing lists, admins can set up notification preferences for the group, the same way users do for their individual notification preferences.


Group Options

• Groups can now be

added as moderators

and/or in an

@mention.

• Ability to filter your group reviews or your individual reviews.


Group Options

• Choose one or many reviewers for approval.


• Sort reviews by recent activity or creation date.

• Update the roles filter to enable users to select from ”Reviews I've Authored", ”Reviews I’m Participating In”, and ”Reviews I’ve Authored Or Are Participating In”.

Better User Experience for Reviews List


Customize Email Notifications

• Additional options for email notifications.

• Enable email clients to filter and chain Swarm email notifications by author and review ID.



P4V 2017.3


• P4Clean: Restores workspace files to match the state of corresponding depot files.

• New shelved-files icon indicator: Pending changelist tab now shows shelved-file icon.

• Unshelve from source stream to current stream.

• New, clickable web links in job forms.

Features


• Restores workspace files to match the state of corresponding depot files:

• Files modified in workspace restored to last depot version.

• Files in depot/not in workspace are added to workspace.

• Files in workspace/not in depot are deleted from workspace.

P4Clean – Now Available in P4V


• Pending changelist tab now shows shelved-file icon:

• Empty

• Empty + shelf

• Contains files

• Contains files + shelf

Shelved-File Indicator on Changelists


Unshelve from Source Stream to Current Stream

• Files can now be unshelvedacross streams.

• Pending changelist with shelves from source stream can be right-clicked in the pending changelist tab, and the current client will act as the target stream.


Clickable Web Links in Job Forms

• Job form descriptions now support clickable web links.

• Edit the form description field with an <a href> construct.

• When the form is saved, this will appear as a clickable link.

P4Eclipse 2017.1


P4Eclipse 2017.1

• Support for Eclipse 4.6 (Neon)

• Update to the latest P4Java

• Integration with Helix Swarm


P4Eclipse Integration with Helix Swarm

Create a new Helix Swarm review or update an existing review.


Choose pending or submitted changelist and select a new Swarm review.

P4Eclipse - Create a Review


P4Eclipse – Update a Review

Update a Swarm review: Select pending files to update, update review description.

Helix Plugin for Visual Studio (P4VS) 2017.2


1. Choose “Helix Server" as a source control provider under the ”Add to Source Control” button in the Visual Studio status bar.

2. P4VS now integrates with the Visual Studio 2017 start page. ”Helix Server” is available under “Open->Checkout”.

3. Shelved files in the pending changelist tool window are now displayed in a shelved-file folder underneath the changelist item to better differentiate from unshelved files.

4. The OK button is now a changelist dropdown menu when opening the changelist prompt on edit of a file. Pressing enter or space keys will not trigger file checkout to the default pending changelist as long as the user continues typing.

5. “<n> Pending Changes" will now be available in the Visual Studio status bar. When clicked, it will bring up the pending changelist tool window.

6. Option to reconcile offline work.

Visual Studio Plugin: P4VS


Helix Core is now an option under the ”Add to Source Control” button in the status bar.


P4VS now integrates

with the Visual Studio

2017 start page. “Helix

Server” is available

under “Open-

>Checkout”.

Helix ServerHelix Server


Shelved files in the pending changelist tool window are now displayed in a shelved-file folder underneath the changelist item to better differentiate from unshelved files.


The OK button is now a changelist dropdown menu when opening the changelist prompt on edit of a file. Pressing enter or space keys will not trigger file checkout to the default pending changelist as long as the the user continues typing.


“<n> Pending Changes" will now be available in the Visual Studio status bar. When clicked, it will bring up the pending changelist tool window


Option to reconcile offline work available from the file menu.

P4GT 2017.1


1. Support 3DS Max 2017

2. Support Photoshop 2017

3. Key benefits with P4GT

Perforce Graphical Plugin : P4GT


• When you open a file in 3DS Max, P4GT will ask if you wish to check the file out.

• It will even ask if you wish to lock the file.

Working With Files


Perforce Menu

• File History

• Status

• Lock

• Unlock

• Etc.

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