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1. Add ignored files without unignore

   Hi,

   there is this user voice item:
   https://plasticscm.uservoice.com/forums/15467-general/suggestions/4230341-add-ignored-files
   which is about adding ignored files. We have the exact same situation from time to time.
   The way to unignore the files leads to a crowded ignore list with lots of !xyz.dll entries. Although one could remove that entry once the item is versioned this is often forgotten and the ignore list is updated with the unignored item.
   Another drawback is that people simply don't understand why they cannot add certain items. Especially when using the explorer context menu for adding items or folder structures there is no action at all. It just doesn't add it and if you haven't had this situation before you just don't get it why the operation failed (without any message).
   I don't understand why the add operation is disabled for ignored items in the first place. Could you please allow adding of ignored item?
   Thanks!
   Jan

   Hi,

   there is this user voice item:
   https://plasticscm.uservoice.com/forums/15467-general/suggestions/4230341-add-ignored-files
   which is about adding ignored files. We have the exact same situation from time to time.
   The way to unignore the files leads to a crowded ignore list with lots of !xyz.dll entries. Although one could remove that entry once the item is versioned this is often forgotten and the ignore list is updated with the unignored item.
   Another drawback is that people simply don't understand why they cannot add certain items. Especially when using the explorer context menu for adding items or folder structures there is no action at all. It… more

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2. Improve performance of LDAP/AD mapping from SID to uid (or even real name)

   We are a large corporation with an LDAP (Active Directory) with 10's of 1000's of entries in the LDAP/AD server.
   Today, I think one of the biggest performance issues with Plastic SCM is the VERY large number of requests to LDAP to lookup SID to be able to display uid. Finding a way to speed up this operation would, I believe, be a boost to performance in many operations in Plastic SCM (especially the GUI?). Item view, changeset properties, and annotate history would improve just to name a few.
   I first thought of this problem when asking myself why the "cm li" command takes so long to list the ACTIVE and INACTIVE licenses. After all the licenses are fixed user, so just displaying this list should be VERY fast. But instead it is very slow, taking ~5min 30sec just to list (cm li) the 827 users holding an active license. I am assuming the reason this is so slow it the response of our VERY large LDAP/AD.

   As one possible implementation, this could be addressed by having a cache of SID to uid (or even the option to also cache other fields and use those to display instead such as real name) that is saved in either a file on the Plastic SCM server, or in the Plastic SCM DB. Once implemented this cache idea could even be extended to be able to replicate this cache to users running DVCS so that they can have the benefit of displaying UID instead of SID when working distributed.
   I know that some other tools allow you to have a tool job that run as often as you want to schedule it, that looks up and caches LDAP/AD info. Obviously authentication still has to happen in real time to the LDAP, but all other operations in the GUI/CLI could be against a cache and significantly improve performance from waiting on a corporate LDAP which can be remote (high latency) and slow (very large and the DC handling a very large number of requests).

   We are a large corporation with an LDAP (Active Directory) with 10's of 1000's of entries in the LDAP/AD server.
   Today, I think one of the biggest performance issues with Plastic SCM is the VERY large number of requests to LDAP to lookup SID to be able to display uid. Finding a way to speed up this operation would, I believe, be a boost to performance in many operations in Plastic SCM (especially the GUI?). Item view, changeset properties, and annotate history would improve just to name a few.
   I first thought of this problem when asking myself why the… more

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3. Customizable Views for integration in thrid-party applications

   It would be nice if plastic had a web-service which provides graphical HTML5 reports / views for interagtion in thrid-party applications (primarily issue trackers)

   I think of the following:
   - Some branch-explorer like view focusing on one branch (task-branch) which displays the check-ins and merges to and from this branch
   - A list of check-ins to a specific branch (like the history view?)
   - A view showing all changed files in a branch in total
   - you name it. there could be way more!

   This service should have a REST-full URL API where the view and branch path are defined within the URL.

   P.S. You started the web-interface some time ago and I hoped to see it develop in this direction. Sadly it didn't develop in any direction lately =/

   It would be nice if plastic had a web-service which provides graphical HTML5 reports / views for interagtion in thrid-party applications (primarily issue trackers)

   I think of the following:
   - Some branch-explorer like view focusing on one branch (task-branch) which displays the check-ins and merges to and from this branch
   - A list of check-ins to a specific branch (like the history view?)
   - A view showing all changed files in a branch in total
   - you name it. there could be way more!

   This service should have a REST-full URL API where the view and branch path are defined… more

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4. Add git like staging

   I encountered on several occasions already that what was displayed in pending changes did not match the actual state of files being committed. The reason being that changes are not automatically updated in the UI, but upon commit new changes are automatically collected using default behavior of changed files being committed, added, moved and deleted files must be selected manually - meaning the latter will not be part of such commit. The minimum thing that could be done is to notify the user that there are undisplayed changes that need to be reviewed. Even better would be to add git like staging of changes. I concede that this issues don't occur often and are a case of user being sloppy, but I would also point out that the workflow imposed by the UI doesn't help the situation. In my opinion gitextensions solves this problem nicely and clearly.

   I encountered on several occasions already that what was displayed in pending changes did not match the actual state of files being committed. The reason being that changes are not automatically updated in the UI, but upon commit new changes are automatically collected using default behavior of changed files being committed, added, moved and deleted files must be selected manually - meaning the latter will not be part of such commit. The minimum thing that could be done is to notify the user that there are undisplayed changes that need to be reviewed. Even better would be to add git… more

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5. Shrink height of branches displayed in Branch Explorer view

   I would like the branch graphics in the Branch Explorer to be shrunk but keep the text the same size.

   I use the Branch explorer all the time. I need to be able to read the branch labels and date headers, but at the same time be able to see a decent amount of history.

   Press (-) button until display stops changing. Then press (+) button twice. Graphics size at this level is good, but the text is unreadable. Press the (+) button one more time. Now the text is readable but the graphics are spread apart too far.

   I just upgraded 4.0 to 4.5; 4.0 was a little better in this regard.

   I would like the branch graphics in the Branch Explorer to be shrunk but keep the text the same size.

   I use the Branch explorer all the time. I need to be able to read the branch labels and date headers, but at the same time be able to see a decent amount of history.

   Press (-) button until display stops changing. Then press (+) button twice. Graphics size at this level is good, but the text is unreadable. Press the (+) button one more time. Now the text is readable but the graphics are spread apart too far.

   I… more

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6. request for cm diff command option to be able to see path info for xlinks

   We need to be able to do a diff on a repository on a server (without workspaces) and then get the OLD version of a file through any xlink.

   cm diff OLD NEW

   You don’t get the path on the remote repository from a diff on current repository.

   If I do a cm diff in the first repository, There is NO path information through the xlink. And ALL the information is related to the NEW changeset.

   So you can not do a simple diff using the FIRST repository’s information:

   $ cm ls '/one/two/My link with spaces/bird/file1.txt' --tree='24@0000000099TESTREPO3a@myhost:8087' --format="{revid}"

   Can't resolve the selector for the item /one/two/My link with spaces/bird/file1.txt

   Because all the info is for the FIRST repository, not the REMOTE repository xlinked to.

   Doing a diff on the FIRST repository currently gives the following with NO information about the xlink:

   $ cm diff '24@0000000099TESTREPO3a@myhost:8087' '26@0000000099TESTREPO3a@myhost:8087' --format='PATH:{path} STATUS:{status} TYPE:{type} PREVID:{parentrevid} REVID:{revid}'

   PATH:"/one/two/My link with spaces" STATUS:C TYPE:X PREVID:-1 REVID:-1
   PATH:"/one/two/My link with spaces/bird/file1.txt" STATUS:C TYPE:F PREVID:463 REVID:474

   What is needed is the same NAME output variable as what ‘cm ls / -R’ provides, so you can get this using the diff command:
   $ cm diff '24@0000000099TESTREPO3a@myhost.net:8087' '26@0000000099TESTREPO3a@myhost.net:8087' --format='PATH:{path} STATUS:{status} TYPE:{type} PREVID:{parentrevid} REVID:{revid} NAME:{name}'

   PATH:"/one/two/My link with spaces" STATUS:C TYPE:X PREVID:-1 REVID:-1 NAME:My link with spaces -> xlink -> /dog/cat 42@0000000099TESTREPO2@myhost.net:8087

   We need to be able to do a diff on a repository on a server (without workspaces) and then get the OLD version of a file through any xlink.

   cm diff OLD NEW

   You don’t get the path on the remote repository from a diff on current repository.

   If I do a cm diff in the first repository, There is NO path information through the xlink. And ALL the information is related to the NEW changeset.

   So you can not do a simple diff using the FIRST repository’s information:

   $ cm ls '/one/two/My link with spaces/bird/file1.txt' --tree='24@0000000099TESTREPO… more

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7. Don't show expansion rules info popup when unnecessary

   When the expansion rule has already been created and the dialog has already been shown, or when the Xlink is read-only, this dialog becomes an unnecessary nuisance.

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8. Finding changesets / reviews by name with wildcards (where like '%...')

   Please, add the possibility to use queries like this:
   find changesets where branch like 'release%' (to find changesets from branches release1, release2, releaseB,...) or this: find reviews where title like '%fail%' and so on.

   This feature is already available for changeset->comment, but not for changeset->branch or review->title.

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9. Workspace-wide exclusive checkout

   Consider the following branches:
   1(root)
   1-1 (branch from 1)
   1-2 (another branch from 1)

   Currently, you can checkout and check-in the file on branch 1-1 and you can also do it on branch 1-2, as long as both checkouts are in their own branch head changeset and not at the same time.

   So when branches 1-1 and 1-2 merges back into the root branch 1, you get a conflict.

   The idea is to have types of files that cannot be merged, never, completely exclusive for all branches, the same way it is done in lock.conf for a per-branch basis.

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10. server root access through authentication token

    It happens quite often that one locks himself out of the server. This can happen if an invalid user becomes server owner and/or some deny-settings are set inappropriately. It happened serveral times to me and I've also seen this several times in the forum. The provided solution is to reset ACL settings in the database with all its disadvantages.
    Another scenario is changing the authorization mode. We want to switch to Active Directory soon. In this case, all users in the ACL become invalid since they are unknown to the server. In order to maintain access to the server I need to switch the owner to ALL_USERS before switching to AD. After switching, I can assign an AD user or group to be the owner. Therefore, the server security is disabled during that time.

    I suggest to implement a fallback access to the server. The server owner can generate a security token that needs to be read out of the server log files or from the database respectively. That is, only persons that have access to the server machine ("machine owner") are able to gain that token. The token enables the user to edit the ACL on the server. The advantage is that the token based access is guaranteed to be available at any time.

    It happens quite often that one locks himself out of the server. This can happen if an invalid user becomes server owner and/or some deny-settings are set inappropriately. It happened serveral times to me and I've also seen this several times in the forum. The provided solution is to reset ACL settings in the database with all its disadvantages.
    Another scenario is changing the authorization mode. We want to switch to Active Directory soon. In this case, all users in the ACL become invalid since they are unknown to the server. In order to maintain access to the server I… more

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11. add a "ignore keyword" option/list for quick diff/merge compiler adaption without a full parser

    think of a C compiler for an embedded target that has some special keywords that lead to parsing errors

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12. Expose plastic triggers as web hooks (via the WebAPI)

    This would enable all the popular interoperability that other development operation tooling makes available... also opens up the possibility for the community to contribute Zapier Zaps and IFTTT recipes.

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13. asana integration

    use asana api to automate one task per branch workflow

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14. Add a connection and license monitor

    When server maintenance is due, it would be great to know if any client is still connected to the server.
    You may add a new cm-command for that or you implement a shiny info screen on the server.

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15. "Touch" files to be able to submit them to a single changelist for merging etc.

    The Atomic nature of Plastic is really frustrating for Artists and general users who just want to share files.

    To work around this restriction can you add an option that will "touch" selected files and then they can be submitted to a single changelist in your branch and then pushed, pulled easily to/from other branches.

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16. Keyboard shortcuts in the diff viewer don't always work

    The issue refers to the diff viewer window. The CTRL + + and CTRL + - keyboard shortcuts are handled globally within the window, no matter where keyboard focus is. On the other hand, the CTRL + M and CTRL + N (and their counterparts with Shift pressed) work only when keyboard focus is in the diff pane on the bottom.

    The problem is that when you want to go through a code review, you have to click the diff pane whenever you switch to another file. Please check it by yourself: open the diff viewer, press CTRL + + and then try to use any of the other shourtcuts to move through the changes. They won't work. It makes code reviews painful.

    I will be grateful if you fix it. Thank you!

    ---

    There actually was an existing topic for the issue, but it was declined because of a misunderstanding, I guess (https://plasticscm.uservoice.com/forums/15467-general/suggestions/10643718-forward-prev-next-diff-keys-to-inline-diff-from-pa). The topic was wrongly considered to be a duplicate, but the thing is, the issue in question was related to something else.

    The issue refers to the diff viewer window. The CTRL + + and CTRL + - keyboard shortcuts are handled globally within the window, no matter where keyboard focus is. On the other hand, the CTRL + M and CTRL + N (and their counterparts with Shift pressed) work only when keyboard focus is in the diff pane on the bottom.

    The problem is that when you want to go through a code review, you have to click the diff pane whenever you switch to another file. Please check it by yourself: open the diff viewer, press CTRL + +… more

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17. Add predefined 'open with' context menu options to the diff viewer

    I noticed that the predefined open with context menu options are available in Items view, in the Pending changes view, but not in the diff viewer window. Would you consider a unification here? IMO these predefined open with options would be useful in the diff viewer window as well.

    The second difference is that both in the Items view and in the Pending changes view there is an action for double LMB click, but there is no adequate action supported in the diff viewer. Would you consider a unification with the Pending changes view here as well?

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18. User right to prevent the deletion of other peoples "Shelves"

    There needs to be a user right that controls if a user or user group can delete other peoples "Shelves".

    As it could be possible to delete another person's shelf by accident, and there is no way of undoing that deletion. This would be especially important when the shelf itself contains a large number of changes which would take a while to redo.

    Deleting of your own shelf is OK.

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19. Shallow clone in GitServer

    Shallow clone in GitServer is currently unsupported. However it would be very useful for big repositories and CI systems.

    My scenario:
    I've got very big game repository and CI system, which supports git (but not plastic directly). To perform tests and builds for multiple platform, the CI agents store a lot of clones of repository, with huge, unnecessary history. The shallow copy mechanism seems to be ideal for such case.

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20. List of children/parents displayed in the properties panel for any selected changeset

    It is a pity to have using the command line to get this information while it could be simply displayed by default in the properties of the selected changeset.
    Tortoise Mercurial GUI client do this and it is very easy to handle. More, the parent/child changesets can be quickly found just by clicking on the hypertext link

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