IBM Rational ClearCase is a poor modern solution to source control
March 29, 2017
IBM Rational ClearCase is a poor modern solution to source control
Score 3 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with IBM Rational ClearCase
We used IBM Rational ClearCase as our platform for source control. We have recently migrated to use GIT - Stash instead. We may still have some groups in our organization that is still using ClearCase as their source control. IBM Rational ClearCase addresses the business problem of managing software versioning among multiple users.
- Simple user interface.
- When it works, it works.
- Integrates well with Microsoft Visual Studios.
- Extremely buggy.
- Sometimes the repository gets locked for no reason.
- Slow.
- Managed code versioning for many years.
- Only one person can edit code at a time - slows processing down.
- IBM is an expensive product to support.
- sourcetree and Stash
GIT Stash is superior to IBM Rational ClearCase in many ways. Bundled with SourceTree, the UI is far more modernized and updated than IBM Rational ClearCase. Being able to visually see the individual branches that are created within the repository is much more straightforward than the versioning method of ClearCase. GIT also seems to be a lot faster when it comes to checking in/out code and creating the repository.