Innovation at Perforce never stops. Since the last MERGE conference, there have been continual updates across the board in response to user requests. In this session, we're going to look at what's new and take a peek at what's in the works so that you can start planning to exploit them when they're available.

1. Product Innovation Showcase

2. Product Innovation Showcase
Colleen Kulhanek
Vice President of Marketing

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 Great traction on our enterprise-grade Git solution
 Large deployments of our native DVCS
 Significant performance improvements in our core
 10x growth in code review usage
 Helix in simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean
Significant accomplishments over past 18 months

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Key market trends and insights from you
Unified experience is key
Teams are distributed Cloud usage on the rise Repository sizes on the rise
Developers prefer DVCS

5. Areas of focus for
2016-17

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Native support for Git in our core

7. One Product - Helix
From… To…
Swarm
Helix Cloud
ApplicationInsights
SDKs
(in C/C++, Java,
Ruby …)
Git Fusion
Helix Versioning Engine
Helix UI
(same in cloud and on-prem)
Web Services APIs and SDKs
Helix Core (P4 and Git)

8. Helix
Web App
Desktop
Apps
3rd Party
Apps
GitSwarm
Apps
Versioning
Analytics Security
Notification
Git
Web
Services
Platform
Performance
Scalability
Distributed workflows
Federation
Security
Audit logs
Mono repo
On premise/Cloud
Helix Core
Easier to integrate via Web Services

9. John Williston
Product Marketing ManagerHelix
Web App
Desktop
Apps
3rd Party
Apps
GitSwarm
Charles McLouth
Director of Technical Sales
Versioning
Analytics Security
Notification
Git
Performance
Scalability
Distributed workflows
Federation
Security
Audit logs
Mono repo
On premise/Cloud

10. Helix Core
Charles McLouth
Director of Technical Sales

11. Easier to integrate via Web Services
Helix
Web App
Desktop
Apps
3rd Party
Apps
GitSwarm
Apps
Versioning
Analytics Security
Notification
Git
Web
Services
Platform
Performance
Scalability
Distributed workflows
Federation
Security
Audit logs
Mono repo
On premise/Cloud
Helix Core

12. Two Years in Review
Administration
Performance
Streams
User
Productivity
DVCS

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Native LDAP for Authentication
LDAP / Active
Directory
Administration

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LDAP Group Mirroring Administration
LDAP / Active
Directory
P4-Developers P4-Developers

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LDAP Group Mirroring
Protections:
write group P4-Developers * //P4/...
super group p4super * //...
Administration

16. Any command can fire a trigger
> Edit > add > delete > etc
Command Triggers Administration

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Command Triggers Administration
p4 obliterate //…
Sorry not allowed!

18. 35%
Compressed
Improved
Performance
Reduced
Fragmentation
Performance
db.have
Administration

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Parallel Sync
p4 sync
Performance

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Parallel Sync Performance
p4 sync

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Parallel Submit
p4 submit
Performance

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Parallel Submit
p4 submit
Performance

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Read Only Client
p4 client builder
db.have builder.have
Performance

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Read Only Client
p4 sync //builder/…
db.have builder.have
Performance

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Read Only Client
p4 client –d builder
db.have builder.have
Performance

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 New Path types
• Import @ Change
• Writeable Imports
 Stream Spec is Transactional
• Can be staged and submitted with code
Streams Features Streams

27. Create an alias for a
single command or a
chain of commands
Introducing Aliases Productivity

28. I’m used to git/subversion
blame
checkout
pull
purge
stash-list
annotate
sync
fetch –r origin
clean
changes –s shelved
Git / SVN Emulation Productivity

29. Complex Commands
Copyup $(b)
Complex Commands
switch dev && merge --from $(b)
&& resolve -as &&
submit -d "Copied up from $(b)"
&& push
Productivity

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 Clone projects to local servers
 Work disconnected
 Fetch changes from shared server
 Independent local branches
 Push changes to shared server
Native Workflow DVCS

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Extended Federation
Server A
Server B
Server C
DVCS

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Shallow Clone
clone –m 2
DVCS
#1
#2
#3
#4
#3
#4
#2
#3

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Narrow Clone
Art
Code
Core
iOS
Win
Tests
Shared Helix
Code
Core
iOS
Tests
Jill’s
Helix repo
Code
Core
Win
Tests
John’s
Helix repo
DVCS

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Remote File Locking
foo.jpg
p4 edit –remote foo.jpg
DVCS

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Share Local Shelves
Shelf# 666
p4 push -r –s 555
DVCS

36. What’s Coming

37. Give Protection permissions
to non-super users
Limited to portions of depot
Administration

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Access Control Delegation Administration
TeamMembers
Super grants admin
access to depot path:
//helix/united/…
For user TeamLead
Super
Team Lead grants write
access to depot path:
//helix/united/…
For group TeamMembers
TeamLead

39. Git is great, but…
 Maximum practical repository size
- Leading to Git sprawl (lots of repos)
 Too complex for some contributors
 Raises security concerns
 Weak visibility across the entire pipeline
 DevOps challenges for continuous delivery
 Destructible history can be a problem
Git

40. Git Data model ideal
for single project
Git

41. What if a Git repository
was just a Helix Depot?
Git

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Graph
Depot
Hierarchical
Depot
HELIX MASTER REPOSITORY
Graph Depot Scalable Back
End for Git

43. Git is great, but better with Helix
 Maximum practical repository size
- Leading to Git sprawl (lots of repos)
 Too complex for some contributors
 Raises security concerns
 Weak visibility across the entire pipeline
 DevOps challenges for continuous delivery
 Destructible history can be a problem
Scalable Back
End for Git

44. Web Services
Helix
Web App
Desktop
Apps
3rd Party
Apps
GitSwarm
Apps
Versioning
Analytics Security
Notification
Git
Web
Services
Platform
Performance
Scalability
Distributed workflows
Federation
Security
Audit logs
Mono repo
On premise/Cloud
Helix Core

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 Web services provide a standard means of
interoperating between software applications
running on a variety of platforms and frameworks.
 Web services can be combined in a loosely coupled
way to achieve complex operations.
Web Services Why Web
Services?

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 Helix Web Services provide the building blocks
• Well defined interfaces
• Consistent data representation
• Common Helix commands
 Providing more complex capabilities
• Project Administration
• Project Metrics
• Code Review
Web Services Why Web
Services?

47. Recap

48. Available Now
Download Today!
 Helix Server 2016.1
- ReadOnly clients, db.have
- Remote filelock, push to shelf
- Command aliasing

49. What’s Coming
 WebServices
- Basic and Administrative commands
 GraphDepot
- Scalable Git Management

50. Helix Clients
John Williston
Product Marketing Manager / Developer Evangelist

51. Clients and Apps
Helix
Web App
Desktop
Apps
3rd Party
Apps
GitSwarm
Apps
Versioning
Analytics Security
Notification
Git
Web
Services
Platform
Performance
Scalability
Distributed workflows
Federation
Security
Audit logs
Mono repo
On premise/Cloud
Helix Core

52. Helix Clients
Swarm GitSwarm

53. Swarm
Code Review and Collaboration

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Swarm New Customers

55. New Features
 Your own review groups
 Batched email notifications
 Enhanced search capabilities
 Improved differences viewing
 Download project content as a zip archive
Swarm

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Review Groups Swarm

57. Batched Email
 Delay
 Digest
Swarm

58. Enhanced Search
 Projects
 Users
 Content
Swarm

59. Improved Differencing
 Whitespace
Swarm

60. Download Content
 One Button
 Folders
 Files
Swarm

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Federated Deployment Swarm

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Support for Japanese, Korean, and Chinese
New Languages Swarm

63. Swarm – What’s Coming

64. Evolve
 Beyond review
 Unified UX
 One Surface
Swarm

65. Create
 Create
 Import
 Invite
Swarm

66. Administer
 Manage
 Assign
 Delegate
Swarm

67. Content
 Browse
 Drag/drop
 Create
Swarm

68. DVCS Workflow
 Copy & clone
 Workflow
 Native Git
Swarm

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Multiple Servers Swarm

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Phased Releases
New UI
Admin
Multi-server
Swarm
DVCS

71. GitSwarm

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 Distributed development
 Native Git experience &
tools
 Built from GitLab
Newest Component
 Bidirectional Helix mirroring
 Single source of truth
 All the Helix –ilities
GitSwarm

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Hybrid Needed
“
“
GitSwarm
Enterprise-grade management of Git
that offers important aspects of a DVCS —
good merging, the ability to work offline
and good collaboration — along with the
security and central repository of a CVCS,
will resolve most remaining concerns
about the use of the DVCS model.
— Gartner, Inc. Market Guide for Software
Change and Configuration Management

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 Hybrid Workflows
• Distributed & Centralized Version control,
code reviews, simple file sharing
• Happy developers & contributors
 Every File
• Efficiently handles large, often binary, data
 DevOps Stay Happy & Productive
• A mainline source for all builds even with
distributed development
 All IP Safe & Secure
• Granular permissions, theft risk monitoring
Perforce Helix
CONTRIBUTORS
CONSUMERS
GitSwarm

75. Notable Features
 Simple project management
 Narrow cloning with Git
 Merge-request workflow
 Flexible security and administration
GitSwarm

76. Create Project
 Scope
 Import
 Mirror
GitSwarm

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Narrow Cloning
Art
Code
Core
iOS
Win
Tests
Shared
Helix Code
Core
iOS
Tests
Jill’s
Git repo
Code
Core
Win
Tests
John’s
Git repo
GitSwarm
 Narrow cloning with Git
 Git-sized slices of a huge
Helix monorepo
 Remap content as needed
 Shallow-cloning support
 All pushed work is mirrored
 GitSwarm picks up others’
contributions

78. Narrow Cloning
 Branches
 Paths
 Go!
GitSwarm

79. Merge Requests
 Deliver
 Review
 Collaborate
 Incorporate
GitSwarm

80. Flexible Security
 Groups
 Roles
 Manage
GitSwarm

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 Six months since market launch
 Five product releases in that time
 Hundreds of GitSwarm users
Rapid Adoption GitSwarm

82. GitSwarm – What’s Coming

83. Centralized Auth
User:
Password:
GitSwarm
AD/LDAP

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Git LFS
Shared
Helix
John’s
Git repo
GitSwarm

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Graph Depot GitSwarm
Graph
Depot
Hierarchical
Depot
HELIX MASTER
REPOSITORY
 Significant performance gains
 Reduced ownership cost

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Phased Releases
Central Authentication
Central Authorization
GitSwarm
Git LFS and Graph Depot

87. Recap

88. Available Now
Download Today!
 Swarm 2016.1
- Review groups, batched email, etc.
 GitSwarm 2016.1
- Narrow cloning UI

89. What’s Coming
 Swarm
- One single-UX app for many stakeholders
 GitSwarm
- Central auth, Git LFS, graph depot

90. Thank you!
ckulhanek@perforce.com
cmclouth@perforce.com
jwilliston@perforce.com
Meet us at the Helix Hive
Workshop P4Ideax