Release Notes

All platforms - All clients: The workspace tree (plastic.wktree) file format has been changed to read/save it in a much faster way!

We have tested the new format with different workspace sizes (with 80000 and 400000 files/directories) and in different machines. The improvements are the following:

* The time reading the tree is x2, x4 or even x10 times faster (depending on the machine tested).

* The time writing the tree is almost x2 times faster on average.

Some examples:

* Reading an workspace tree of 77000 items took 490 ms. Now, it takes 109 ms.

* Writing an workspace tree of 77000 items took 142 ms. Now, it takes 79 ms.

By default, the old format will still use. You can enable this format by adding the following setting on your client.conf. But this new format is not compatible with the Unity plugin yet. So, if you are a Unity user, please don't do it.

<EnableNewWorkspaceTreeFormat>yes</EnableNewWorkspaceTreeFormat>

This format was originally published in release 10.0.16.5574 but we unpublish it because of the Unity plugin incompatibility.

If you don't enable the new format, this version will revert the workspace tree to the previous format. This will allow you to use the workspace with the Unity plugin again.

Some extra background about the file: The workspace tree metadata is stored in the plastic.wtree file inside the workspace metadata folder (wks/.plastic). This file is read every time use a workspace in the GUIs for first time or when running a cm command for a workspace. It is written every time we do a changes in the workspace (switch to a different branch/changeset, run an update, do a checkout, undo some changes, etc). Its size depends on the number of items loaded in the workspace, so for big workspaces the time reading (or saving it) can affect to the performance of the clients.

All platforms - Web UI: File Explorer README.md support

Added support for README files in the File Explorer.

All platforms - Web UI: Various improvements

- If there are assigned code reviews, when visiting the code review list for the first time, it shows the assigned reviews, otherwise, it shows all reviews.

- Avoiding resetting data when navigating from one list to another.

- Lowered the minimum loading transition animation

All platforms - TeamCity plugin: Versioned settings is now supported!

We extended our plugin to support the Versioned settings feature in TeamCity. You can now enable it in any TeamCity project that consumes a Plastic SCM VCS root.

More info about Versioned Settings here.

Plastic Triggers: Wildcard support in repository filtering.

Triggers can now use wildcards to their repository filters, so they apply to either a single repository or a selected group of them.

Now, when you add a repository filter to your trigger, you can specify the exact repository name or use * as a wildcard. This would affect multiple repositories that share part of the name.

Examples:

* For all your repositories rep:*

* For your website_intranet repository rep:website_intranet

* For all your website repositories rep:website*

Try more! rep:*web* o rep:*intranet...

More info about Plastic triggers https://www.plasticscm.com/documentation/triggers/plastic-scm-version-control-triggers-guide