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Re: Ask HN: Private Git repo hosting?

#21
Github private, both for my personal and my company account. Mainly because if the ease of giving others access, as most of my peers use it as well. I don't want to have multiple accounts at multiple services for that.

I use Stash at one client and like it, especially when integrated with JIRA. Not that I have much love for JIRA, but if you track all details, it's the tool to go for.

Re: Ask HN: Private Git repo hosting?

#25
I use both github (I recently finished a PhD and so had access to the education discount) and free bitbucket (a budding collaboration hosts their private code there). I am the sole user for most of my repos (mostly software for data analysis and LaTeX drafts for papers), so bitbucket's five user limit for free accounts has not affected my workflow in any way. I do use github for code I want to release to the public (e.g., code associated with publications, side-projects that I want to share), as it seems like there is more of an ecosystem there and the website seems more conducive to easily finding other peoples projects.

Re: Ask HN: Private Git repo hosting?

#28
I use a free BitBucket plan. The unlimited private repos are perfect for me, since I have a lot of small projects that I'll likely never finish. Also, i have Pass[1] set up with Git, so everything is backed up, under version control and is pushed to my Raspberry Pi so I can access all my passwords on my iPhone as well.

Also, I use Git for large academic projects and papers in LaTeX, so public Github is not really ideal.

[1]http://www.zx2c4.com/projects/password-store/

Re: Ask HN: Private Git repo hosting?

#30
I'll try to summarize my choice depending on org size.

If it fits in BitBucket's free plan or you're solo, use that. It'll just work.

If it doesn't fit in BitBucket's free plan, pay for GitHub (sorry BitBucket).

If you need it behind your firewall and want to manage yourself, you can afford to (and should do) an eval of solutions like GitLab.

If you need it behind your firewall and your org is already large and complicated, then try GitHub enterprise.

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