Announcing unlimited free private repos • Hacker News Board

Re: Announcing unlimited free private repos

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Post by cperciva » Mon, Jan 07, 2019, 5:47 PM UTC

saagarjha wrote: post #8

I'm curious if GitHub is now a loss leader for Microsoft, or if personal subscriptions were a small portion of their revenue.

Never mind loss leader; github can probably pay for itself by providing internal analytics to Microsoft which they can use for qualifying hires.

Re: Announcing unlimited free private repos

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Post by ggcdn » Mon, Jan 07, 2019, 5:47 PM UTC

So now what benefits does a subscription offer for a casual developer?

If the 3 collaborator limit isn't a problem, is there any reason to keep a subscription?

Re: Announcing unlimited free private repos

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Post by tomphoolery » Mon, Jan 07, 2019, 5:48 PM UTC

__john wrote: post #26

One thing I like about bitbucket/atlassian over github is bitbucket's pipelines[1] and the bitbucket-pipelines.yml file. I really wish github had something like that. [1] https://bitbucket.org/product/features/pipelines

I wish they'd port this over to Bitbucket Server sometime soon. Bamboo is a massive pile of garbage compared to most other CI offerings these days.

Re: Announcing unlimited free private repos

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Post by budhajeewa » Mon, Jan 07, 2019, 5:48 PM UTC

thameera wrote: post #2

Does anyone have a source for this news beyond the TNW article that's being shared everywhere? I couldn't find any official announcement from GitHub.

Too bad HN doesn't allow following users. :-D

Re: Announcing unlimited free private repos

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Post by joshgachnang » Mon, Jan 07, 2019, 5:48 PM UTC

TheRealWatson wrote: post #21

saagarjha wrote: post #8

I'm curious if GitHub is now a loss leader for Microsoft, or if personal subscriptions were a small portion of their revenue.

I have zero insight on this but I also don't know anyone in my circle who pays individually for Github... When they need that, they use Bitbucket. I know several people I worked for or did business with that paid for Organization accounts, from Team to Enterprise.

I started paying a year or two ago when I wanted to make a private side project that I didn't want open source. It's nice to keep the same UI between other projects and this one. $7/mo or whatever it is was worth it IMO. Plus I like their lightweight project management tools.

Re: Announcing unlimited free private repos

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Post by techaddict009 » Mon, Jan 07, 2019, 5:49 PM UTC

"Due to a scheduling error, we published this story one day before the embargo lifted. This feature isn’t live yet, but Github will formally unveil it tomorrow. When that happens, we’ll update this post with a link to the official announcement. "

Well played @The Next Web :D

Re: Announcing unlimited free private repos

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Post by l9k » Mon, Jan 07, 2019, 5:50 PM UTC

Can a Github.io website be freely hosted with a private repo?

Re: Announcing unlimited free private repos

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Post by nyxtom » Mon, Jan 07, 2019, 5:50 PM UTC

I actively avoid using GitHub private repositories for this very reason since I have too many 7-9/month subscriptions it all adds up fast. This actually will encourage me to start some fun project ideas more now that I know I can rely on the private repos.

Re: Announcing unlimited free private repos

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Post by fuddle » Mon, Jan 07, 2019, 5:52 PM UTC

Now I'm just waiting for GitHub CI. :)

Re: Announcing unlimited free private repos

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Post by yono38 » Mon, Jan 07, 2019, 5:53 PM UTC

l9k wrote: post #47

Can a Github.io website be freely hosted with a private repo?

Yes - we do it at our company