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Re: Edit your code in the cloud with bitbucket

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Post by drivebyacct2 » Wed, Jun 12, 2013, 4:24 PM UTC

planckscnst wrote: post #40

drivebyacct2 wrote: post #38

I was hoping they'd leapfrog GitHub and allow you to stage actual commits and use something like CodeMirror to edit.

Isn't that exactly what they did?

I guess I always expect UI chrome around CodeMirror, but yeah, it obviously says CodeMirror right there, DOH, I missed the color syntax highliting when I skimmed through. I still don't see how to do multifile commits all from the web-ui which is what I meant to reference. I can do one-off files on GitHub but they're a commit a piece.

Both GitHub and BitBucket are really close to letting me do significant editting of code from my browser which is still very useful for me. There are tons of times I'd love to be able to fire up GitHub and hack on some files without having to actually commit to persist changes. But then again, maybe I'm projecting feature creep on what is ultimately a VCS.

Re: Edit your code in the cloud with bitbucket

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Post by vitriolix » Wed, Jun 12, 2013, 4:40 PM UTC

metaphorm wrote: post #35

kmfrk wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Exactly. It's only a useless feature, if you think people who don't think a service by BitBucket will ever be used by people unfamiliar with git and programming. I for one am very pleased with the opportunity for crowd-sourcing fixes and improvements to open-source websites and projects - especially for people whose interest in them is not grounded in the programming aspect.

how many non-programmers are poking around in code repositories?

many. PMs on several projects I work in do regularly

Re: Edit your code in the cloud with bitbucket

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Post by swombat » Wed, Jun 12, 2013, 4:57 PM UTC

Sweet! So the NSA can find holes in your code even before you release it!

Re: Edit your code in the cloud with bitbucket

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Post by ceejayoz » Wed, Jun 12, 2013, 4:59 PM UTC

swombat wrote: post #43

Sweet! So the NSA can find holes in your code even before you release it!

Are we really going to do this on every comment thread?

Re: Edit your code in the cloud with bitbucket

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Post by hayksaakian » Wed, Jun 12, 2013, 5:55 PM UTC

I want them to open an API for this, maybe I want to make edits my own way, or write a tool for others?

Re: Edit your code in the cloud with bitbucket

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Post by geehsien » Wed, Jun 12, 2013, 6:25 PM UTC

Seems like a good alternative for online pairing or even interviews!

Re: Edit your code in the cloud with bitbucket

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Post by pearjuice » Wed, Jun 12, 2013, 6:33 PM UTC

For the life of me I cannot comprehend why they din't use a CSS & HTML based button with native text for the "Create a free account" button. Or is it supposed to look that cheap?

Re: Edit your code in the cloud with bitbucket

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Post by zackbloom » Wed, Jun 12, 2013, 6:56 PM UTC

pearjuice wrote: post #47

For the life of me I cannot comprehend why they din't use a CSS & HTML based button with native text for the "Create a free account" button. Or is it supposed to look that cheap?

They probably use a CRM which only allows for image-based CTAs.

Re: Edit your code in the cloud with bitbucket

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Post by planckscnst » Wed, Jun 12, 2013, 7:37 PM UTC

planckscnst wrote: post #2

I'm really hoping they give us a way of organizing our repositories next. https://bitbucket.org/site/master/issue/2323/create-a-way-to...

Re: Edit your code in the cloud with bitbucket

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Post by pbreit » Wed, Jun 12, 2013, 11:50 PM UTC

estebank wrote: post #24

inthewind wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If using the web interface feels better for something like that, it shows just how bad the alternative is. It's not nice when something like source control feels like it gets in the way, but it could be mitigated by having better/easier client tools. I totally get why you'd want to do that.

So you are saying git gets in the way? I'm curious about why that is the case.

Uh...you have to clone a whole project to make a simple little edit?