We performed a comparison between Git and IBM Rational ClearCase based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Atlassian, GitHub, Git and others in Version Control."The best thing about this solution is that it can be learned very quickly, and used very easily."
"So far, the product has been stable. Stability-wise, I rate the solution an eight to nine out of ten."
"The most valuable feature of Git is the ease of tracking in time what the snapshot of the code was at a particular moment. The versioning is good."
"Git is a product everyone uses, so it's almost inescapable. I like the fact that there is a large ecosystem around it. You can bolt various graphical user interfaces onto it or sign up for various repositories like GitHub and AWS CodeCommit. Git has a large community, so there are lots of resources and knowledge bases you can use."
"What I find the most valuable about Git is that it is CLI and GUI-supported. People who do not like using the CLI mode can use the GUI mode."
"Git has a lot of online tutorials and resources available."
"Git is a stable solution. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a ten out of ten."
"We use the tool to store codes."
"ClearCase integrates well with other engineering tools and frameworks such as the Eclipse environment."
"IBM Rational ClearCase is a stable solution. I have not had any difficulty with reliability."
"The UI can be more user-friendly."
"The solution could improve by having more customization."
"We would like to see tutorials added to the product, for new users to follow so that they can optimize their use of the solution."
"The product needs to improve its UI."
"Git can improve the size of the depository it can handle and add the capability to detect the change between common files, such as Excel and PDF documents."
"I would like to see less updates with the product."
"Synchronization could be better. Sometimes when you create a branch and merge it into another branch, I think it's a bit complex for no reason. The initial setup is also tricky when you do it for the first time."
"The tool's user interface is terrible. It needs to be more user-friendly."
"The protection needs to be improved."
"I have found it very difficult to understand many functionalities in IBM Rational ClearCase. We have had many problems and it is not user-friendly."
Git is ranked 4th in Version Control with 35 reviews while IBM Rational ClearCase is ranked 8th in Version Control with 5 reviews. Git is rated 8.6, while IBM Rational ClearCase is rated 6.4. The top reviewer of Git writes "A stable solution that can aid its users in maintaining all application developments ". On the other hand, the top reviewer of IBM Rational ClearCase writes "Difficult to use, not efficient, but stable". Git is most compared with Atlassian SourceTree, Canonical Bazaar, Surround SCM, Helix Core and Liquibase, whereas IBM Rational ClearCase is most compared with GitHub, Bitbucket, IBM Rational ClearQuest, Helix Core and Apache Subversion.
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