Comparison between PureCM

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SCM feature:	PureCM	Add to comparison: +CVS +AccuRev +Aegis +AllChange +Arch +Bazaar +BitKeeper +ClearCase +CM+ +CMSynergy +Co-Op +Darcs +Git +LibreSource Synchronizer +Mercurial +Monotone +OpenCM +Perforce +SourceAnywhere +Subversion +Superversion +Surround SCM +svk +Team Foundation Server +Vesta +Visual SourceSafe
Atomic Commits	Yes. Commits are atomic.
Files and Directories Moves or Renames	Yes. File and folder renames and moves are directly supported.
Intelligent Merging after Moves or Renames	Yes, intelligent renames are supported.
File and Directories Copies	Yes. Copies are supported.
Remote Repository Replication	Yes. Using the PureCM Proxy Server.
Propagating Changes to Parent Repositories	No.
Repository Permissions	Yes. Permissions can be set against repositories, streams (branches/labels), folders and files using Access Control Lists.
Changesets' Support	Yes. Changesets are supported.
Tracking Line-wise File History	Yes, annotation is available through the GUI.
Ability to Work only on One Directory of the Repository	Yes.
Tracking Uncommited Changes	Yes.
Per-File Commit Messages	No. Commit messages are per change.
Documentation	Very Good (html and command line help)
Ease of Deployment	Very good. PureCM is very easy to deploy.
Command Set	A CVS-like command set which is easy to get used to for CVS-users.
Networking Support	Good. (single TCP/IP socket)
Portability	Excellent. Client and Server run on Windows, Linux, Solaris and other UNIXes. The client also runs on Mac OS X.
Web Interface	Yes.
Availability of Graphical User-Interfaces.	Cross-platform GUI for Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and other UNIXes.