Perforce - 2008.2

Perforce, the Fast Software Configuration Management (SCM) System, provides powerful version control and workspace management with a unique branching model. Perforce provides software developers with fast and reliable SCM to manage source, document and Web content.

The client/server architecture scales to hundreds of users and millions of codelines. Perforce works well even on limited bandwidth networks. The server's repository sits on a central host; client workspaces can be anywhere on the network -- around the office or the world.

Atomic change transactions ensure access to a consistent repository state at any point in time. Inter-File Branching helps to manage multiple development lines and easily integrate changes between branches. Perforce's self-maintaining and reliable database keeps data safe.

The command-line client is 100% scriptable, 100% portable and available on more than 50 platforms. The Windows GUI and browser-based clients provide a user interface for all SCM tasks.

Perforce integrates with VisualStudio.NET, Visual C++, Visual Basic, JBuilder, CodeWarrior, Control Center, Source Forge, and others, so users can access and update files stored in Perforce depots from within the tool of their choice. The Perforce Plug-in for Microsoft Office brings Perforce right into the menus of Microsoft World, Excel, and PowerPoint.

The Perforce Reporting System tracks metrics like the number of changes in a release or who has files open for edit.

Perforce also provides basic built-in defect tracking, is integrated with several leading defect tracking systems, and includes a kit that allows users to integrate Perforce with the defect tracker of their choice.