Perforce - Features

Features

  • Complete file and metadata history
  • Full revision history for branched, renamed, moved, copied, and deleted files
  • Three-way text file merging; merge tracking and re-merge prevention; common ancestor detection
  • Graphical diffing, merging, and offline/online reconciliation tools
  • Graphical file content history and branch history viewers
  • Graphical administrative interface
  • Image thumbnails
  • Centralized, access-controlled repository with support for distributed revision control (see below)
  • Changelists – changed files can be grouped together and tracked as logical changes
  • Atomic commits – the server assures that changelists are committed in their entirety
  • Shelving – users can save and restore work in progress for code reviews or task switching
  • Support for ASCII, Unicode, binary, symbolic link (on Unix), Mac-specific, and UTF-16 files
  • Support for internationalization and localization
  • Support for RCS-style keyword expansion
  • File compression for repository storage and network transfer
  • Multi-platform, cross-platform – a single Unix or Windows server can support clients on any OS
  • Server-side event triggers
  • Programmable command-line client and API
  • SDK for integrating with external systems (e.g., defect tracking)
  • Change notification by RSS; support for email change notifications
  • Replication of files and metadata to support backup and performance improvement
  • Broker for implementing local policies, restricting available commands, or redirecting commands to alternative servers
  • Archiving files to reclaim server disk space
  • Encrypted SSL connections from clients to server

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