Introduction

Perforce Software was founded by Christopher Seiwald, a software developer and computer science graduate at the University of California, Berkeley, in Alameda, California in 1995. Its first product, also known as Perforce, is a version control system that allows companies to collaborate on large software projects by tracking changes to source code and binaries. It is a commercial software with lightweight and fast SCM tools, true client/server systems, and other features.

Perforce supports multiple platforms, including operating systems such as Windows, Linux, and macOS. It has high scalability and can easily manage large code libraries. It also provides many functions, including version control, workspace management, merging and resolving conflicts, client/server architecture, and more.

Perforce also supports many other features, such as support for cross platform development, support for large file and binary file management, and support for parallel and distributed workflows. In addition, Perforce also provides many plugins and extensions that can be better integrated into the development environment, such as integrating with IDEs such as Eclipse and Visual Studio, supporting automatic build and continuous integration, etc

Advantage

Lightweight and fast SCM tools
        True client/server system
        No dependencies on shared file systems
        Change logic to one operating unit
        Flexible client view
        Powerful branching (reflection) function

Associate change requirements with change outcomes

Low budget and fewer workers

Implemented operations

Clarify the configuration of finished software
        Specify the source code for the latest version (or version from a certain period)

Associate source code with document files

Maintain/manage a history of modifications and associate them with actual modifications

Control and manage parallel development

Control and manage geographically dispersed development