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Plastic SCM is a Distributed Version Control System focused on branch visualization, usability and enterprise support. Some of the main features are: Branch explorer, Syntactic and Semantic diff and merge tool (C, C++, C#, Java and .NET), Repo management on premise and Cloud, Cross platform apps and GUIs. Specific GUI for artists and last mile DevOps CI automation.

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What is Plastic SCM

Plastic SCM is the best Distributed Version Control supporting task-driven software development for teams of any size because it simplifies branching and merging. It works the way you want!

  • Fully Distributed or Centralized repos
  • Branching and Merging made Simple
  • Powerful GUI or straight command line
  • Reliable & Scalable Repo Storage with the RDBMS of your choice

Who is it for

Plastic SCM is for developers who love the freedom of distributed and simple branching and merging. It is for managers who need to lead distributed teams and understand the status of the project. And it is for release builders who need to create stable releases.

Plastic SCM is the only version control system that can meet the demands of globally distributed development. It easily scales within any sophisticated development environment, without friction or complexity. It's SCM made simple.

What makes Plastic different

Three key aspects of Plastic SCM's architecture make it superior to other systems:

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Plastic SCM. Is it the right solution?

I know there are some questions already regarding Plastic SCM, but they are over a year old. Has anyone used Plastic SCM lately? What do you think about it. I have used git, and I am currently using Hg. I love the Hg source control, but Visual…
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Plastic SCM vs. Mercurial? Need Source Control for Visual Studio 2005 on Windows 7

1) Has anyone used Plastic SCM? Is it reliable? 2) How does it compare with Mercurial? (It seems like this is a good candidate for DVCS on Windows. I tried Git and really didn't like it.) 3) I really like TortoiseSVN. I like a central model…
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Plastic SCM vs. SVN

I'm currently researching new source control options for a team of 10 developers. We do .net development in Visual Studio 2008. We currently use VSS for source control. We are looking for a centralized source control solution(non-distributed), with…
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Using Plastic SCM for small personal projects?

I've spent the last few evenings researching version control applications, mostly here on SO reading posts and visiting sites. I'm looking for SCM for my own personal hobby C# projects. I want the version control server local to my PC, have no…
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Very large repositories with Plastic SCM

We are investigating Plastic SCM as possible alternative to Subversion for version control with our products. We have a very large number of binary assets (mainly art assets, but also includes some documentation, AVIs, etc.) in addition to a very…
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Create fast-export package from Mercurial repository

I'm trying to find the way to fast-export a hg repository and dump the result into a fast-export compatible format file. Basically I want to do the same that I can do with Git or Plastic SCM: git fast-export --all -C --tag-of-filtered-object=drop…
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dvcs partial merge (git, hg merge tracking)

I've one question about general DVCS, including Git and Hg. In both Git and Hg merge tracking is done at the "commit" level instead of the "file/directory" level. One of the "side effects" is that you can't easily do a "partial merge": You've…
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How to take backup of repositories in Plastic SCM?

How to take backup of repositories in Plastic SCM ? is taking a manual backup of database is enough ? will I be able to restore and start using the repositories in future if system server crashes ? Or is there any other method or interface to do…
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git fast-export format and spaces

I'm writing a fast-export/fast-import for Plastic SCM but I'm having issues dealing with directories and files containing spaces in their names. For instance, a git fast-export of something like: git mv "new directory" "second directory" ends up…
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What is Plastic SCM written in?

I see they have a windows version that looks like WPF and a mac screenshot shows Mono in the title bar. Is it written in C# .NET with Mono? (I'm only asking because they seem to do it right) Thanks.
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Hosting Plastic SCM on Amazon?

I'm looking to setup Plastic SCM on a hosted server. Considering an Amazon EC2 instance for this. Any recommendations would be appreciated. Minimum server specs for good performance Tips on setup/config Windows v. Linux MySQL v. SQL Server v. SQL…
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Workflow with plastic scm in development cycle

I am trying to understand whether Plasticscm can allow the following workflow After a developer has finished their work on a task view, he/she wants to submit it for review to the parent stream Is it possible to generate a list of files pending for…
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How do permissions on a PlasticSCM repository work in a DVCS scenario

So I've been working on a rather large project and using PlasticSCM as by VCS. I use it with a DVCS model, but so far it's pretty much just been me sync'ing between my office machine and home. Now we're getting other people involved in the project,…
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INTEL-XDK and Source/Version control - Is it even supported?

I am very new to phonegap development and just had a INTEL-XDK setup. I am wondering how can I have it work integrated with my source control system. For Source Control, I have Plastic SCM and GitHub. I come from the Visual Studio and VSS/Team…
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How to do partial file check-in in PlasticSCM

Is there a way to select only certain changes in a file and add them to check-in? Basically I am looking for something like git hunk staging.
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