Comparison Between SmartCVS Editions

Following table lets you compare the features of the different SmartCVS 7 editions. New features and improvements since version 7 (compared to version 6) are highlighted. The complete list of changes for version 7 can be found in the Change Log.

Supported Platforms Foundation Professional Enterprise
Windows NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista + + +
Linux, Unix and derivates + + +
Mac OS X + + +
Any other platform that supports Java 1.4.1 or higher (e.g. OS/2) + + +
Supported Authentication Methods Foundation Professional Enterprise
Password Authentication (pserver) + + +
Secure Password Authentication (sserver) + + +
Built-In SSH-1 (e.g. SourceForge) + + +
Built-In SSH-2 + + +
Proxy support + + +
Supported CVS Commands Foundation Professional Enterprise
import (to create a module), checkout, update, commit, add, remove, log, tag, rtag + + +
import (to track third-party changes), annotate, edit, unedit, editors, lock, unlock, watch, watchers, release - + +
Nearly all commands operate on nested modules and even nested projects (from different repositories!) + + +
Keyword Substitution Support Foundation Professional Enterprise
Basic support (add, update commands) + + +
Advanced support (changing) - + +
Smart Extensions Foundation Professional Enterprise
Graphical Log with chronological order + + +
Built-In Repository Browser to select the files to check out (instead of typing their path) + + +
Change Sets: organize changed files in task-related groups to prepare the commit operation - + +
Ability to list all transactions (commits) and see, what files were added, removed or changed, possibility to save transaction information to XML-file - + +
Ability to search for commits by the log message - + +
Ability to list all (even removed) repository files or those which have a specified tag - + +
Ability to compare repository files by tags - + +
Change Report: shows detailed changes (locally, repository) for multiple files at once - + +
Ability to mark unchanged files with modified file-time as unchanged - + +
Smart Commit (add, remove and commit files with one click) - + +
(Smart) Commit optionally changes touched, but unmodified files, so they occur unchanged again - + +
View Remote State beside the file; see changes in the repository, even for locally not available files - + +
View Editors beside the file - + +
View last author beside the file - + +
Tag Browser, showing the tag order and branch-structure + + +
Ignore Files/Directories (explicitly/by pattern, globally/locally) - + +
Export Snapshot (to directory or zip-file) - + +
Simple Revision Pinning (to prevent accidently committing of temporary changes) - + +
Ability to create patches - + +
Ability to apply patches - + +
Display/Navigation Foundation Professional Enterprise
Flat File view (to see all files from subdirectories, too) + + +
Display of what directories contain uncommitted files + + +
Display sticky branch behind directory name + + +
Filtering by file state (show/hide ignored, non-CVS or unmodified files) + + +
Filtering by file name for all file tables + + +
Individual File Table sorting, also by multiple columns simultaneously + + +
Search files while typing the name (incl. wildcard-support) + + +
Copying the path or name of the selected file to system clipboard - + +
Administration Foundation Professional Enterprise
Create and edit user accounts within the repository - + +
Key-pair generator for public key authentication - + +
Built-in Tools Foundation Professional Enterprise
File Compare with detection of inline-changes and the possibility to edit files, ability to store the files as colored (printable) HTML-file + + +
Conflict Solver (3-Way-Merge) - + +
External Tools Foundation Professional Enterprise
Ability to use different external file compare tools (even for binary files) + + +
Ability to define different file editors/viewers by pattern + + +
Ability to use external tool for solving conflicts + + +
Miscellaneous Features Foundation Professional Enterprise
Customize accelerators (short-cuts) and popup menus (context menus) + + +
Check for new SmartCVS versions + + +
Easy to use wizards assist in non-trivial or rarely used operations + + +
Automatic detection of UTF-16 encoded text files for Built-in File Compare and Conflict solver + + +
Ability to convert (inner-line) tabs to spaces while committing - + +
Implicit Login + + +
Smart daylight saving solution + + +
Can be iconified to system tray + + +
Save password store for server passwords and certificate prassphrases protected by a master password + + +
Licensing Model Foundation Professional Enterprise
Licensing model Free User-based Site-based
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