Software Configuration Management (SCM) Tools handle the task of tracking and controlling changes in the software. This includes identifying individual elements and configurations, tracking changes, and version selection, control, and baselining. Some products also include defect tracking capabilities.
Version management / Single source of truth
Concurrency management
Flexible branching
Regulatory compliance
Integration with other development tools
Workflow and process automation
Rapid reliable rebuilds
Automated cleanup of dead code branches
Rapid hotfix and feature release
Software configuration management is primarily focused on revision control. This category is part of a broader category called Configuration Management. Configuration Management goes beyond revision control to include capabilities such as monitoring and asset discovery, patch management, software deployment and distribution, and automated administration and maintenance. This broader category has become important with the advent of DevOps which brings development and IT closer together through continuous deployment.
Azure DevOps (formerly VSTS, Microsoft Visual Studio Team System) is an agile development product that is an extension of the Microsoft Visual Studio architecture. Azure DevOps includes software development, collaboration, and reporting capabilities.
Multinational company Perforce, headquartered in Alameda, California offers software configuration and version control.
AccuRev, a software configuration management offering, is now owned and supported by Micro Focus since the December 2013 acquisition.
Visual SourceSafe is a discontinued source control software offering, from Microsoft.
IBM ClearQuest is an application development and production system, for change and defect tracking.
IBM Rational ClearCase offers software configuration management and version control.
IBM Rational RequitePro is an application requirement management offering.
Multinational Serena Software, headquartered in San Mateo, California, offers the Serena Business Manager for software configuration management.
ChangeMan from Serena Software is a software configuration management option.
CA Endevor Software Change Manager is a software configuration management option, from CA Technologies.
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Plastic SCM is a full stack version control system that aims to make software configuration easy. It focuses on enabling dev teams get work done by facilitating branching, diffing and merging. The vendor says that for those purposes it provides cross-platform apps and GUIs with: Branch explorerDiff…