Helix Perforce – the name has changed and that`s all for now

Overview Perforce is a commercial, proprietary revision control system developed by Perforce Software, Inc. The Perforce server manages a central database and a master repository of file versions. Perforce supports both Git clients and clients that use Perforce’s own protocol. A Git client can communicate with the Perforce server over SSH or HTTPS, and other Perforce clients communicate with the server via TCP/IP using a proprietary RPC and streaming protocol. Users submit changed files together in changelists, which are applied as atomic commits. The Perforce database is proprietary, preconfigured, and self-installed. It stores system-related metadata (file state, file attributes, branching and merging history, changelists, change descriptions, users, groups, labels, etc.). Files are identified by namespace (i.e., by OS-neutral filenames). FileShort Read more…