Plastic SCM adds code review system

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:24:00 GMT

User statistics and changed item statistics in Plastic SCM Professional.

Version 3.0 also adds shell extension, updated merge and diff tools and external data storage support.

Plastic SCM Professional is a multi-platform (Windows, Linux, Unix and Mac) version control system that provides full integration with the most widely used IDEs as well and task tracking tools, and contains accurate importers for SourceSafe, CVS and Subversion; providing quick transition from these environments. Plastic SCM Professional can be configured to work with Firebird, MySQL or SQL Server database backends. Plastic SCM Professional Edition provides enterprise features such as configurable workspaces through selectors, integration with Active Directory or LDAP to enforce security policies on repositories, support for an unlimited number of users and distributed system. One Year of full support with access to all new releases within a year is included with the Professional Edition.

Updates in V3.0

Integrated distributed code review
Built-in code review system that tightly integrates with branches and changesets. A review can easily be created from these elements and then replicated, enabling a distributed review process.
Shell extension
Windows Explorer integration that allows developers to perform all the version control operations within Explorer. All the GUI views are accessible from the shell extension too.
New Subversion and Perforce importers
Improved Subversion importer (both performance and usability) and a brand new Perforce importer.
New "pending changes view" on the GUI
Now checked out items (i.e. items marked for edition from the GUI, command line or the plugins), changed items (modified outside Plastic control) and private items (potentially new files) can be checked in together from a single view.
Xmerge / Xdiff 2.0
The merge and diff tools get updated with "cross merging" technology capable of detecting moved (and modified) code in the same file. Xdiff is able to locate modified code and render it accordingly, and Xmerge is able to handle moved code (normally refactor) during the merge process.
External data storage
It is possible to "extract" data from file revisions in a repository and save them on secondary devices like DVDs, hard drives and so on) so they don't consume main database storage. It is possible to plug the media to the server for transparent access or to access the "extracted" data directly from the client machine (Plastic will prompt to introduce the right media when accessing a "extracted" revision). It is useful for projects using really big files.
Annotate support on GUI
Now annotate (cm annotate or cm blame) is also available on a graphical view, integrated with the GUI's view system. It's possible to explore the changeset or branch that altered any line in the annotated item.
SQLite backend support
Plastic servers can now use SQLite as backend. SQLite adds a new backend to the existing set of supported databases: Oracle, MySQL, SQL Server and Firebird. SQLite is very fast on Windows, Linux and Mac OS X environments, but it is better suited for distributed development (a developer running a small footprint server on his laptop or workstation). SQLite is the default on Linux and Mac OS X evaluations.
Selector explorer
It is possible to explore branches, labels and changesets without having to download them to a workspace. Advanced users can edit the selector to try more complex configurations.
Performance improvements
As usual every new Plastic release is faster than the previous one. We thoroughly tested Plastic with big workspaces (>250k files and 40k directories) and big repositories in several scenarios: from heavy load (hundreds of concurrent users (computer simulated) against a single server) to single user operations (quickly adding a big workspace into a repository) where we can consistently beat all our major competitors.

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Plastic SCM Professional updated

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:42:00 GMT

User statistics and changed item statistics in Plastic SCM Professional.

Version 2.9 adds Visual Studio 2010 support, integration with IntelliJ IDEA 5.1 / 8 and shared workspaces.

Plastic SCM Professional is a multiplatform (Windows, Linux, Unix and MAC) version control system that provides full integration with the most widely used IDEs as well and task tracking tools, and contains accurate importers for SourceSafe, CVS and Subversion; providing quick transition from these environments. Plastic SCM Professional can be configured to work with Firebird, MySQL or SQL Server database backends. Plastic SCM Professional Edition provides enterprise features such as configurable workspaces through selectors, integration with Active Directory or LDAP to enforce security policies on repositories, support for an unlimited number of users and distributed system. One Year of full support with access to all new releases within a year is included with the Professional Edition.

Updates in V2.9

IntelliJ IDEA 5.1 / 8 integration
Pulse continuous integration server
Support for Visual Studio 2010
Shared Workspaces: Workspaces are no longer tied to the machine on which they were created and can now be shared among machines via network shares
Extended Branch Review: The review interface can now be used to walk through the changesets in a branch allowing a step-by-step review of a task branch implementation
Symlink Support: Symbolic links are fully versioned items inside Plastic
Oracle Database support added as a Plastic backend database option
Sparse Tree / Cloaked Items Support: A user can choose to specify folders that will not be downloaded by default by an update operation
CVS and VSS importer improvements
Performance and stability improvements in the Linux server which takes advantage of 64 bit support improving memory allocation and higher server load
Eclipse: Filter to select an object on the view
LDAP authentication Mode: Clients are no longer required to have an active connection with the LDAP server - only the Plastic server requires an active connection to the LDAP server.

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Plastic SCM adds code review system

Updates in V3.0

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Plastic SCM Professional updated

Updates in V2.9

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