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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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How do I change the annotation colour for a certain changeset

I am using the annotation feature of the Visual Studio 2017 plug in. The colour scheme seems to be based on the age of the change in a gradient type of style. Is there way to assign a colour to a certain change set? If a number of changes have been…
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Reset Plastic SCM workspace

Using the command line how can I reset my workspace so that it becomes an exact replica of server version of changeset I'm on? More specifically, how to get rid of all pending changes, all added and removed files, and everything not yet committed to…
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Is it possible to use Plastic SCM and Gluon on the same Project?

Is it possible for two people to work on the same repository, one using the Plastic SCM interface (the general one) and the other using the Gluon interface (the lightweight one)? Thanks in advance!
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Tool to mine plastic scm data

Is there any external tool to mine plastic scm data. I have a requirement to figure out hot spots in my projects which go through frequent changes? if not, is it possible to query this information in a structural way from Plastic SCM itself.
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Adding information documents to a custom android build

The company I am with is developing a custom version of android which is to be used in our products. My team is developing applications which will be included in this custom android at the time of building the image. We used plastic scm to track…
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Plastic SCM's cm listlocks says "The selected changeset doesn't contain a revision for the item" and does nothing. What's going wrong?

I'm trying to steal an exclusive lock from a user who has left our organization. From the documentation it looks like I should do this to list all the locks that are out: cm listlocks MyServer@Cloud Which should list a bunch of lock ids that I can…
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PlasticSCM - Icon 'unknown' not present in theme

I'm using CentOS Linux release 7.4.1708, Gnome 3.22.2 and I've installed PlasticSCM 6.0.16.1792. I created a new repository and everything worked fine until I use the Workspace explorer or the Pending changes tabs (only when changes exists).…
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Change user password in plastic SCM

I'm going to work on project, that uses plastic scm for version control. Project manager sent me a message with repo address, my username and generated (at least it looks like randomly generated) password. I'd like to change the password as it seems…
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How to checkout a spezific Changeset in a Jenkins Pipeline build using using the buildin cm command

I'm currently having a hard time figuring out how to check out a specific changeset using the build in cm command in a Jenkins Pipeline build. It seems that the changeset = 1234 parameter is ignored. I tried the statement: cm repository:…
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Add ignored file

cm add file\that\is.ignored results in file\that\is.ignored has been excluded. Is there a way to accomplish this without needing to add an exclusion to ignore.conf?
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What is sent to PlasticSCM server in-between merge and replicate that affects other users, and why?

Person A does a merge Person A spends some time QAing the merged code Person B tries to checkin a change on one of the merged branches, and needs to go through the "there is a pending merge" dialog Why is it that this happens, even when Person A…
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vcs trigger rules TeamCity and Plastic SCM

TeamCity 2017.1 (build 46533) Plastic SCM version 5.4.16.814 Doobie Brothers - China Grove I have configured an include Trigger rule in TeamCity triggers to include changes from a particular VCS root and a specific file…
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Can't start using git repo in plasticscm

After installing new plasticscm from the download page on Windows 10, choosing default or creating new repo, going to the Branch Explorer, I can't use "Sync with Git..." feature, it tells me "The user appears as an inactive user because his/her…
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IntelliJ IDEA VCS Plugin: refresh VCS window on save

I'm developing the Plastic SCM plugin for IDEA and I'm having a hard time figuring out how to refresh the Version Control Local Changes window (Alt+9) each time a file gets saved. I successfully implemented the ChangeProvider interface to update the…
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Plastic SCM full distributed mode license

If I can use full distribute mode with local server. Can I use this same license from remote server?
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