Determining the last changelist synced to in Perforce

Question

A question that occasionally arises is what is the best way to determine the changelist that you last synced to in Perforce. This is often needed for things like injecting the c

Answer 1

If you are using P4V you can do this graphically:

• In the Dashboard tab (View->Dashboard) choose a folder and you will see a list of changelists that the folder isn't yet updated with. Note the lowest number (in the highest row).
• Make sure that in the Workspace Tree you have selected the same folder as previously in the Dashboard. Then go to the History tab (View->History) and scroll down to the number noted previously. The number just below that number is the number of your current changelist.