Version control system comparison matrix
Comparing Plastic SCM with some popular version control systems
| Feature | Subversion | Source Safe | Clearcase | Perforce | Accurev | Plastic SCM |
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| Folder versioning |
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| Branch inheritance |
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| Changeset support and atomic commits |
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| Multiple independent repositories |
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| Full move-rename support across branches |
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| One-click switch to branch |
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| Complete command-line interface |
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| Push and pull branches to remote servers (DVCS) |
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| Mastership-based replication |
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| Multiple-server support |
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| Configurable database backend |
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| Graphical difference tool for source code files |
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| Graphical difference tool for folders |
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| Graphical difference tool for image files |
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| Graphical difference tool for Microsoft Word files |
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| 3D revision tree viewer |
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| Built-in 3-way merge tool for source code files |
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| Built-in 3-way merge tool for binary files |
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| BranchExplorer with branch-inheritance graph |
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| Graphical wizard for merging folder conflicts |
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| Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 / 2008 / 2010 |
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| Eclipse 3.x |
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| Oracle JDeveloper 10 |
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| Borland C++ Builder (with SourceConneXion) |
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| Borland Delphi (with SourceConneXion) |
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| Workspace management | ||||||
| Multiple workspaces per machine |
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| Multiple repositories mounted on a single workspace |
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| Active Directory user authentication |
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| LDAP user authentication |
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| Built-in username/password authentication | |
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| ACL-based permissions for all system objects |
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| Permission inheritance |
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| Support for fast-export / fast-import |
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| Importer for CVS repositories |
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| Importer for MS Visual SourceSafe repositories |
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| Windows 2000 / XP / 2003 / Vista / 7 |
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| Mac OS X 10.5 and higher |
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