Perforce
Perforce is a commercial, proprietary, centralized revision control system.
Svn
Use this tag for questions about SVN (Subversion), a centralized open-source revision control system distributed under the Apache License.
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"Perforce is soooo much faster than svn because all the check-outs are stored on the server so it doesn t have to check every file on an update" from question Perforce for a Subversion user? |
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"Make sure you re using a source control system that supports branching and merging i ve had experience with perforce and svn and while perforce is better svn is free" from question How do I simultaneously work on version 1.1 and version 2.0? |
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"Svn works much better when disconnected from the network - with perforce you have to tell the server when you ve done a checkout" from question Perforce for a Subversion user? |
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And if you just want something faster or more scalable than svn then just buy a commercial product - i ve used both perforce and rational clearcase and perforce and rational clearcase scale up to huge projects without any problems from question Distributed version control for HUGE projects - is it feasible? |
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If you want to a little bit further you can imagine use more powerfull scm clearcase perforce ... but maven integration is fewer not well documented and community provide less examples than svn or git from question Multi-component versioning/building best practices |
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If you have the money ericgorr is right perforce is much nicer to work with then svn from question Which Source Code Management System Suits My Needs Best? Git or SVN? How do you diff excel spreadsheets? |
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It s been some years since i last time used perforce but i remember it certainly didn t like anyone else messing with its workspaces;svn doesn t like it either from question How to use Svn and Perforce simultaneously |
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Perforce does have support for many other oses but our non-windows devs feel more comfortable with svn too from question Perforce in a Microsoft Shop |
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Perforce offers more advanced branching and merging capabilities than svn from question Choosing a source control system: logical next steps after VSS |
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If anything i find working with svn easier and more intuitive than perforce from question Perforce in a Microsoft Shop |