Perforce Helix GitSwarm
Enterprise Git Ecosystem
ds data systems
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Git is a Very Popular 10-Year-Old
— 2015 Stack Overflow Developer Survey
69.3%
of developers use Git
2005 2015
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But It Poses Challenges to the Enterprise
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
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7 DEVOPS PRACTICES FOR OUTSTANDING RESULTS (1)
“DevOps is a software development methodology that emphasizes communication, collaboration, integration
and automation”
Version control of all production artifacts • Both Dev and Ops should use version control for everything and share the same single source of
truth.
Continuous integration and deployment • Check in code every day and check into the trunk every day, as opposed to hanging onto private
code branches and integrating only at the end of the release.
Automated acceptance testing • Stop the line not only when the build breaks but also when something breaks in an automated
user test, an integration test, or a system test. This step keeps things in an alwaysdeployable state.
DevOps
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7 DEVOPS PRACTICES FOR OUTSTANDING RESULTS (2)
Peer review of production changes • Use peer reviews for better quality based on their familiarity, shared goals, and mutual
accountability, as opposed to external change approval, such as a change advisory board.
High trust culture • This outcome and practice result from a single source of truth, peer reviews, and shared goals.
Proactive monitoring of the production environment • Monitor and communicate across the teams so everyone can see, understand, and affect end
results and customer utilization.
Win-win relationship (and outcomes) between Dev and Ops • This approach counters the learned behavior that deployments hurt. By deploying code into
production every day, you can change lives in Operations. Deployments don’t have to be done at midnight on Friday with Ops working all weekend to get things running. When Ops employees are working the same hours as Dev, there is a sense of teamwork and joint accomplishment.
DevOps
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Inefficient Product Delivery
Poor visibility between teams introduce friction and design errors
Poor component reuse results in higher production cost
More delays, less efficient product delivery
Less secure
Increased risk of quality issues
DevOps
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Recent Gartner market guide
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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
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More performance More uptime More control
Better coordination Binaries
Large files Protect IP
Regulations/audit
More code More frequently More freedom More flexibility
All text Small files
Code anywhere Local repos
Perforce Helix
Serves developers Serves operations
Coordinate Development & Operations at Scale
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GitSwarm: Integrated Git Management
Based on GitLab CE
Self-service repos
Merge requests
Permissions
Issue tracking, etc.
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Mirrored to the Helix Versioning Engine
Automatic bidirectional mirroring with Helix servers
Helix enforces security, down to the file level if needed
Immutable content for audit trails, regulated industries, etc.
Support for Git LFS that works for DevOps
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Work Locally, Scale Globally
Distributed environment for developers
Git experience and workflow equivalent to well known tools
Single source of truth
Perforce reliability and stability protecting your assets
Helix GitSwarm
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Distributed Team Support
Each developer team working within its own GitSwarm ecosystem
Each team has controlled access to IP managed within Helix core
Team can access only what they need to do their job
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Narrow Cloning
Art
Code
Core
iOS
Win
Tests
Helix Monorepo
Narrow cloning with Git
Git-sized slices of Helix monorepo – choose the folders/files you need
Remap content as needed
Optional shallow-cloning – restrict historical revisions
Mirror content from local Git repo to the master monorepo
Code
Core
iOS
Tests
Jill’s Git repo
John’s Git repo
Code
Core
Win
Tests
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GitSwarm Enterprise Edition
Extends LDAP support
Share projects between groups
Git hooks
Two factor authentication (LDAP)
Jira integration
Import from GitHub Enterprise
Available as an add-on option
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GitSwarm EE – LDAP Sync
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GitSwarm EE – Sharing with Groups
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GitSwarm EE – Git Hooks
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GitSwarm EE – Two Factor Authentication
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Optional Desktop Client: Tower
Beta support for GitSwarm
Helix GitSwarm. The product. Demo, Video, Next Steps
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GitSwarm Comparisons
GitLab
• GitSwarm builds on GitLab to add the unique capabilities of Helix
GitHub/GitHub Enterprise
• Functional equivalence of GitHub with power of Helix and flexible on premise deployment options
Atlassian BitBucket
• BitBucket needs add-ins to provide many GitSwarm features and doesn’t benefit from the scale and security capabilities of Helix
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Create and Import
Create your own private sandbox for experiments
Import from GitHub, GitLab, etc., even any repo by its URL
Control visibility and permissions easily
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Mirror with Helix
Import any project available from Helix
Mirrors bi-directionally
Seamless automated content updates
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Project Landing Page
Great for getting-started docs and links
Star for favorites
Download files
Simple Git commands to clone via SSH/HTTP
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All Projects Activity Feed
See what’s happening
Tweet your work
Filter the events
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Milestones
Linked to issues
Linked to merge requests
Track overarching goals
Progress at a glance
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Collaborative Workflow
Merge requests allow discussion and review
Rework as needed
Accept/merge when good
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Review Changes
Side by side or inline
Highlights every change
Easy file viewer
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Files Browser
Navigate repo structure
Examine files and folders
Download single or bulk
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View Branches
Easy to visualize
Clarify per-task branches
See open work
Drill down on commits
Labels in history
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Contributors Graph
Activity over time
Recognize top contributors
Drill down into spikes
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Commit Statistics
Statistics by branch
Totals and averages
Monthly / weekly / hourly breakdown of activity
Plan around key hours for backups etc.
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Project Activity Feed
See who’s doing what
Drill down into items
Filter by event type
RSS feed available
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