Understanding Perforce (as a git user).

Commands

Git	Perforce Command Line	P4V	Notes
git pull	p4 sync	get latest revision
n/a	p4 update	?	Get latest revision without overwriting files that have been changed.
git checkout	p4 edit	checkout	You plan to change a file from the version control system
git commit	p4 submit	submit
git push	n/a	n/a	No perforce equivalent. There is no concept of a pure local submit in Perforce.