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Perforce vs Plastic SCM: What are the differences?

Perforce: Self-hosted Version Control Software. Visibility, access control, workflow and code management for Git environments. Flexibility of collaborating on the same codebase and code reviews using any combination of Perforce and Git workflows and tools without compromise; Plastic SCM: A distributed version control with strong merging, great GUIs and support for huge files. Plastic SCM is a distributed version control designed for big projects It excels on branching and merging, graphical user interfaces, and can also deal with large files and even file-locking (great for game devs).

It includes "semantic" features like refactor detection to ease diffing complex refactors..

Perforce and Plastic SCM are primarily classified as "Code Collaboration & Version Control" and "Version Control System" tools respectively.

"Great for Enterprise level use" is the primary reason why developers consider Perforce over the competitors, whereas "Wanna do Branch per Task Dev? Plastic rocks it" was stated as the key factor in picking Plastic SCM.

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Powerful
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Great for Enterprise level use
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Robust
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Scalable

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Wanna do Branch per Task Dev? Plastic rocks it
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No Size limite
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File Locking
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Simple, easy to use interfaces. Resilient and solid
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Very fast

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Always uses automatic conflict resolution first
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Adds files with only changed timestamp to pending
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Keyboard shortcuts are lacking
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Can't place windows next to each other to save space
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No dark theme
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Doesn't have file staging

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What is Perforce?

Visibility, access control, workflow and code management for Git environments. Flexibility of collaborating on the same codebase and code reviews using any combination of Perforce and Git workflows and tools without compromise.

What is Plastic SCM?

Plastic SCM is a distributed version control designed for big projects. It excels on branching and merging, graphical user interfaces, and can also deal with large files and even file-locking (great for game devs). It includes "semantic" features like refactor detection to ease diffing complex refactors.

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What are some alternatives to Perforce and Plastic SCM?

Git

Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.

GitLab

GitLab offers git repository management, code reviews, issue tracking, activity feeds and wikis. Enterprises install GitLab on-premise and connect it with LDAP and Active Directory servers for secure authentication and authorization. A single GitLab server can handle more than 25,000 users but it is also possible to create a high availability setup with multiple active servers.

SVN (Subversion)

Subversion exists to be universally recognized and adopted as an open-source, centralized version control system characterized by its reliability as a safe haven for valuable data; the simplicity of its model and usage; and its ability to support the needs of a wide variety of users and projects, from individuals to large-scale enterprise operations.

Mercurial

Mercurial is dedicated to speed and efficiency with a sane user interface. It is written in Python. Mercurial's implementation and data structures are designed to be fast. You can generate diffs between revisions, or jump back in time within seconds.

Bitbucket

Bitbucket gives teams one place to plan projects, collaborate on code, test and deploy, all with free private Git repositories. Teams choose Bitbucket because it has a superior Jira integration, built-in CI/CD, & is free for up to 5 users.

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