Introducing the Redesigned Bitbucket • Hacker News Board

Re: Introducing the Redesigned Bitbucket

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Post by markmm » Tue, Oct 09, 2012, 3:47 PM UTC

I love bitbucket, unlimited private repos is great for start-ups. I have scripts for creating repos thanks to their api.

Re: Introducing the Redesigned Bitbucket

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Post by meritt » Tue, Oct 09, 2012, 3:54 PM UTC

sshconnection wrote: post #9

I generally version all the things, and end up with lots of small private repos. Bitbucket's pricing model is perfect for hosting that kind of thing. Really liking the new UI.

Any particular reason you don't just tag versions instead of creating new repos?

Re: Introducing the Redesigned Bitbucket

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Post by Osiris » Tue, Oct 09, 2012, 3:55 PM UTC

dkhenry wrote: post #3

I know its not the elephant in the managed source code hosting space, but I like BitBucket better then Github. I like the option to use Mercerial for projects and I like the way they ask me to pay for things ( pay for private shared repositories ).

Also, BitBucket's free plan allows for unlimited public and private repositories, while GitHub only allows for public repositories on the free version.

I use BitBucket for a number of side-projects mostly as a way to make sure all my code is backed up off-site, for free.

Re: Introducing the Redesigned Bitbucket

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Post by krelian » Tue, Oct 09, 2012, 3:56 PM UTC

eblume wrote: post #5

I'm having trouble thinking of reasons why bitbucket is used so much less than github - or at least why it seems that way. It's looking pretty damn good to me right now!

As someone who mostly uses github to browse through source code, the experience in Github is much better. Their source browser is fast and the code is very readable. Now, I'm trying to see if the new bitbucket can compare but there is no Explore option on the homepage so I can't really check their source browser.

Re: Introducing the Redesigned Bitbucket

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Post by debacle » Tue, Oct 09, 2012, 3:57 PM UTC

meritt wrote: post #32

sshconnection wrote: post #9

I generally version all the things, and end up with lots of small private repos. Bitbucket's pricing model is perfect for hosting that kind of thing. Really liking the new UI.

Any particular reason you don't just tag versions instead of creating new repos?

I think he means he has a lot of small projects.

Re: Introducing the Redesigned Bitbucket

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Post by MartinMond » Tue, Oct 09, 2012, 3:59 PM UTC

The redesigned commits view is 100 times better than Github's ever was. http://cl.ly/image/300S2R3q2x0N

So much more info, and even a graph like in gitx.

Re: Introducing the Redesigned Bitbucket

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Post by imderek » Tue, Oct 09, 2012, 4:00 PM UTC

parfe wrote: post #26

bvdbijl wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Source?

Yep. That's pretty much the focus of google code.

I think he was asking for the source of @wahnfrieden's claim.

Re: Introducing the Redesigned Bitbucket

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Post by sshconnection » Tue, Oct 09, 2012, 4:00 PM UTC

meritt wrote: post #32

sshconnection wrote: post #9

I generally version all the things, and end up with lots of small private repos. Bitbucket's pricing model is perfect for hosting that kind of thing. Really liking the new UI.

Any particular reason you don't just tag versions instead of creating new repos?

I often init new repos even if its a single file script. Github pricing is per private repository, but Bitbucket has free unlimited private repositories so I can just push them all up.

Re: Introducing the Redesigned Bitbucket

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Post by Kudos » Tue, Oct 09, 2012, 4:02 PM UTC

bvdbijl wrote: post #10

eblume wrote: post #5

I'm having trouble thinking of reasons why bitbucket is used so much less than github - or at least why it seems that way. It's looking pretty damn good to me right now!

Well, Github's UI used to be much better, now it's comparable. I do wonder why Bitbucket insists on having "overview" as the standard page to go to when visiting a repository, making Code the default would be a better idea IMHO. Also because more people use Github, more people are likely to start using it so they can fork their favorite projects

You can optionally change the landing page to show the code instead.

Re: Introducing the Redesigned Bitbucket

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Post by jashkenas » Tue, Oct 09, 2012, 4:03 PM UTC

Lovely work. From peeping the source, looks like an interesting hybrid use of Backbone.js as well. If you're interested in getting the new Bitbucket listed on the Backbone homepage, just email me a brief paragraph, and I can set it up.