Plastic SCM offers new visualization formulas to display repository data, increasing developer productivity by providing the right view for each task.

Branch Explorer 

The Branch Explorer shows a global view of the evolution of the development. It displays branches in a timeline, together with the relations that link them, giving a rapid understanding of what gets delivered to the customer.

 

3D Version Tree 

The version tree focuses on the historic details of a single item. It allows developers to trace why changes were introduced, and integrators to solve merge and promotion issues more efficiently.

The version tree shows the evolution of a file with multiple merges from different branches and several labels applied.		Version tree showing the history of a given file. You can appreciate merge links (the green arrows), showing merge relationships between revisions. More information like applied labels to a revision are also displayed.

 

Differences and merge

Plastic SCM provides several differences and merge tools to accommodate different kinds of digital assets. While source code managing tools are most widely used, other formats like images and Microsoft Word are also supported.

	Code differences. Classical code file differences have been enhanced aplying syntax highlight. This makes the code easier to read and follow. Soft gradients and carefully chosen color schemes to display differences also contribute to an overall more confortable experience.
	Image differences. Supporting two modes, side by side or blended, where both images are blended together making it very easy to spot differences. A slide bar controls the level of transparency applied to the images.
	Code merge. The 3-way merge is always a complicated process. We applied the same visualization technology previously used for differences, this time a step beyond. Our merge algorithms are highly optimized to resolve automatically as many conflicts as possible, and even for those not automatic, try to suggest the best possible solution before hand.

Other productivity tools are also available for graphical differences and merge of folders, Word and other binary files.