<s>
Plastic	B-Application
SCM	I-Application
is	O
a	O
cross-platform	O
commercial	O
distributed	B-Protocol
version	I-Protocol
control	I-Protocol
tool	O
developed	O
by	O
Códice	O
Software	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
available	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
and	O
other	O
operating	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
includes	O
a	O
command-line	B-Application
tool	I-Application
,	O
native	O
GUIs	B-Application
,	O
diff	B-Application
and	O
merge	B-General_Concept
tool	O
and	O
integration	O
with	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
IDEs	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
full	O
version	B-Architecture
control	I-Architecture
stack	O
not	O
based	O
on	O
Git	B-Application
(	O
although	O
it	O
can	O
communicate	O
with	O
it	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Plastic	B-Application
SCM	I-Application
is	O
a	O
full	O
version	B-Architecture
control	I-Architecture
stack	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Plastic	O
is	O
a	O
client/server	B-Operating_System
system	O
although	O
in	O
current	O
terms	O
of	O
version	B-Architecture
control	I-Architecture
it	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
defined	O
as	O
a	O
distributed	B-Protocol
revision	I-Protocol
control	I-Protocol
system	I-Protocol
,	O
due	O
to	O
its	O
ability	O
to	O
have	O
very	O
lightweight	O
servers	O
on	O
the	O
developer	O
computer	O
and	O
push	O
and	O
pull	O
branches	O
between	O
servers	O
(	O
similar	O
to	O
what	O
Git	B-Application
and	O
Mercurial	B-Protocol
do	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Developers	O
work	O
on	O
files	O
in	O
their	O
client	O
workspaces	B-Application
,	O
and	O
check	O
in	O
changed	O
files	O
together	O
in	O
changesets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Plastic	B-Application
SCM	I-Application
has	O
2	O
different	O
families	O
of	O
storage	O
for	O
all	O
its	O
data	O
and	O
metadata	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Centralized	O
:	O
With	O
workspaces	B-Application
(	O
working	O
copies	O
)	O
connected	O
directly	O
to	O
a	O
server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Plastic	B-Application
SCM	I-Application
is	O
not	O
based	O
on	O
Git	B-Application
although	O
it	O
can	O
act	O
as	O
a	O
Git	B-Application
server	O
and	O
a	O
Git	B-Application
client	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Differences	O
can	O
be	O
summarized	O
as	O
:	O
improvements	O
in	O
merge	B-General_Concept
,	O
native	O
support	O
for	O
large	O
files	O
and	O
projects	O
,	O
optional	O
file-locking	O
,	O
can	O
work	O
distributed	O
and	O
centralized	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
differences	O
in	O
the	O
branching	O
structure	O
too	O
:	O
while	O
in	O
Git	B-Application
branches	O
are	O
just	O
pointers	O
,	O
in	O
Plastic	O
branches	O
are	O
containers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Plastic	O
versions	O
directories	O
and	O
files	O
identifying	O
them	O
with	O
"	O
item	O
ids	O
"	O
which	O
is	O
good	O
for	O
move/rename	O
tracking	O
,	O
while	O
Git	B-Application
relies	O
on	O
diffs	B-Application
to	O
rebuild	O
the	O
renames/moves	O
and	O
does	O
n't	O
version	O
directories	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Plastic	O
can	O
interoperate	O
with	O
Git	B-Application
in	O
the	O
following	O
ways	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
GitSync	O
:	O
Every	O
Plastic	O
client	O
can	O
push	O
and	O
pull	O
from	O
a	O
Git	B-Application
repository	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GitServer	O
:	O
A	O
Plastic	O
server	O
can	O
act	O
as	O
a	O
Git	B-Application
server	O
,	O
so	O
any	O
git	B-Application
client	O
can	O
push/pull	O
to	O
a	O
Plastic	O
server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fast-import/export	O
support	O
:	O
Fast-export	O
and	O
fast-import	O
commands	O
are	O
available	O
to	O
export	O
Plastic	O
repositories	O
to	O
Git	B-Application
intermediate	O
format	O
and	O
import	O
from	O
Git	B-Application
intermediate	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Import/export	O
from	O
other	O
systems	O
is	O
achieved	O
through	O
Git	B-Application
's	O
fast-import/export	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Plastic	B-Application
SCM	I-Application
is	O
available	O
to	O
download	O
from	O
the	O
plasticscm.com	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Major	O
releases	O
are	O
published	O
yearly	O
as	O
pre-built	O
executables	B-Application
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Plastic	B-Application
SCM	I-Application
is	O
free	O
for	O
individuals	O
(	O
Personal	O
Edition	O
)	O
,	O
non-profit	O
organizations	O
and	O
open-source	B-Application
projects	O
(	O
Community	O
Edition	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
subscription	O
includes	O
all	O
the	O
Plastic	B-Application
SCM	I-Application
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
goal	O
was	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
version	B-Architecture
control	I-Architecture
stronger	O
than	O
SVN	O
in	O
branching	O
and	O
merging	O
and	O
more	O
affordable	O
for	O
SME	O
than	O
the	O
commercial	O
alternatives	O
available	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2006	O
,	O
they	O
released	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
Plastic	B-Application
SCM	I-Application
and	O
was	O
officially	O
presented	O
in	O
Tech	O
Ed	O
2006	O
in	O
Barcelona	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Plastic	B-Application
SCM	I-Application
was	O
featured	O
by	O
Novell	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
companies	O
using	O
Mono	B-Application
commercially	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Plastic	B-Application
SCM	I-Application
2.0	O
was	O
launched	O
in	O
March	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Plastic	B-Application
SCM	I-Application
was	O
a	O
Jolt	O
Award	O
finalist	O
in	O
the	O
Change	O
and	O
Configuration	O
Management	O
category	O
,	O
announced	O
in	O
December	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Plastic	B-Application
SCM	I-Application
3.0	O
was	O
launched	O
in	O
July	O
2010	O
and	O
it	O
featured	O
Xdiff/Xmerge	O
:	O
their	O
first	O
approach	O
to	O
track	O
moved	O
code	O
in	O
diffs	B-Application
and	O
merges	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2010	O
,	O
Plastic	B-Application
SCM	I-Application
announces	O
"	O
method	O
history	O
"	O
,	O
a	O
feature	O
that	O
allows	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
calculate	O
the	O
history	O
of	O
a	O
given	O
method/function	O
instead	O
of	O
the	O
history	O
of	O
a	O
full	O
file	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Plastic	B-Application
SCM	I-Application
4.0	O
was	O
launched	O
on	O
November	O
23	O
,	O
2011	O
and	O
introduced	O
a	O
major	O
change	O
in	O
the	O
internal	O
design	O
:	O
versioning	O
and	O
merge	B-General_Concept
tracked	O
was	O
moved	O
from	O
a	O
per-file	O
approach	O
to	O
a	O
per-changeset	O
approach	O
,	O
which	O
helped	O
improving	O
later	O
Git-interop	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
4.0	O
,	O
Plastic	O
started	O
to	O
be	O
more	O
oriented	O
towards	O
game	O
development	O
,	O
specially	O
considering	O
the	O
weaknesses	O
of	O
Git	B-Application
in	O
terms	O
of	O
big	O
repositories	O
and	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2013	O
,	O
Codice	O
launches	O
SemanticMerge	O
,	O
a	O
tool	O
that	O
diffs	B-Application
and	O
merges	B-General_Concept
based	O
on	O
code	O
structure	O
and	O
not	O
text	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
that	O
year	O
Semantic	O
added	O
Java	O
support	O
to	O
complement	O
the	O
initial	O
.NET	B-Application
offering	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pablo	O
Santos	O
introduced	O
cross-file	O
diff	B-Application
and	O
merge	B-General_Concept
detection	O
in	O
QCon	O
2013	O
in	O
San	O
Francisco	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2013	O
,	O
Plastic	B-Application
SCM	I-Application
started	O
natively	O
supporting	O
the	O
Git	B-Application
network	O
protocol	O
,	O
which	O
virtually	O
converts	O
any	O
Plastic	O
installation	O
into	O
a	O
Git	B-Application
client	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Plastic	B-Application
SCM	I-Application
5.0	O
is	O
launched	O
in	O
September	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
features	O
built-in	O
semantic	O
diff	B-Application
,	O
refactor	O
detection	O
and	O
method	O
history	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
5.4	O
later	O
expands	O
some	O
of	O
these	O
features	O
and	O
add	O
a	O
few	O
more	O
:	O
encrypted	O
servers	O
,	O
JavaCLI	O
(	O
a	O
Java	O
client	O
to	O
support	O
HP-UX	O
and	O
Solaris	O
scripting	O
)	O
,	O
multi-core	O
file	O
upload	O
and	O
download	O
,	O
Plastic	O
Gluon	O
(	O
developed	O
in	O
collaboration	O
with	O
Telltale	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
GUI	B-Application
for	O
artists	O
in	O
game	O
development	O
,	O
WAN	O
optimized	O
data	O
transfer	O
,	O
submodules	O
,	O
transformable	O
workspaces	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Plastic	O
5.4	O
evolves	O
as	O
Plastic	O
's	O
primary	O
version	O
and	O
in	O
December	O
2014	O
a	O
new	O
native	O
GUI	B-Application
for	O
Linux	B-Application
is	O
launched	O
replacing	O
the	O
previous	O
cross-platform	O
one	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
5.4	O
includes	O
a	O
new	O
native	O
MacOS	B-Operating_System
GUI	B-Application
too	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Plastic	B-Application
SCM	I-Application
7.0	O
was	O
launched	O
in	O
March	O
2018	O
including	O
a	O
new	O
Branch	O
Explorer	O
design	O
,	O
new	O
web-based	O
administration	O
interface	O
,	O
and	O
improvements	O
in	O
MacOS	B-Operating_System
and	O
Linux	B-Application
GUIs	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Plastic	B-Application
SCM	I-Application
8.0	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
January	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
17	O
2020	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
revealed	O
that	O
Unity	B-Application
Technologies	O
,	O
the	O
creators	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
engine	O
Unity	B-Application
,	O
had	O
acquired	O
Codice	O
Software	O
.	O
</s>
