Perforce is old and crufty, and I blame it for slowing me down when trying to get my work done. Wait,... that's not the point of this...

The main frontend for Perforce, P4V, doesn't have an interface for annotating code, a.k.a. "blaming" others (or your past self). blameP4 is a simple frontend for viewing annotated code and the associated commit messages.

This is mainly a pet project for scratching an itch and learning a bit more about AngularJS and Electron. Don't expect stability or maintenance.

Before installing blameP4, you'll need to have a copy of this repo, node.js, and a working install of perforce.

After that, just navigate to the directory containing this file and install:

cd path/to/this/directory
npm install

Then start the frontend by running:

npm start

Alternatively, you can install a global symlink by running:

npm link

You may need to use an administrator shell or run as a superuser (e.g. sudo npm link) depending on your system. After linking, you should be able to run:

blameP4

to open the app or

blameP4 path/to/file

which starts the app with a preloaded file.

I have to use it for my day job :(