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I used that during my last semester and it was awesome. I set it so that my README.md would have my schedules, books to read, homework assignment, etc. I'd update it as the term would go on. I was able to keep track of all my projects at a single place even though they were unrelated, and I also took notes during the lectures. With how they display .md files, it's really easy and quick to take notes and still have so…
Sounds very useful, mind if I take a look?
I work at GitHub on all things related to education. I got a note that this was on HN, so I thought I'd drop by and offer to answer questions and provide some additional details. Details on the discount: * We're happy to provide students with GitHub Micro (5 private repositories) accounts for free. So long as you're a student, you're eligible. You can use the private repositories for anything you want. * We offer org…
I wanted to let you know that your email validation is broken. my real university email address does not pass validation. this is the how the email address looks like: someusername@mail.huji.ac.il
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Exactly. Roll your private repos on bitbucket and public repos on GitHub for the exposure.
What's the difference between publicity of repos on Bitbucket and Github? To me, if the task is to see the code, they seem essentially the same — a storages one can checkout from, with a nice-looking web interface to preview the contents. As for collaboration, DVCS are distributed by their very definition. Sure, clicking on "fork" button on web is easier that "pull; remote add; push" series of commands, but I believe…
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What's the difference between publicity of repos on Bitbucket and Github? To me, if the task is to see the code, they seem essentially the same — a storages one can checkout from, with a nice-looking web interface to preview the contents. As for collaboration, DVCS are distributed by their very definition. Sure, clicking on "fork" button on web is easier that "pull; remote add; push" series of commands, but I believe…
GitHub is more likely to pass the "dumb HR" test. "Oh a GitHub profile. I have heard of that."
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+1 for Bitbucket, unless you want to deal with the hassle of moving over from github to bitbucket when you no longer qualify as a student.
Or... you can pay $7/mo, given that as a nom-student you can probably afford that much? :P
What's a "nom student"? Does that mean graduated? Because he didn't say that.
Or does it mean "landed a high paying job"? Cause not everybody does or can be certain they will.
There is one thing you can be certain of however, and that is that you will be up to your neck in student loan debt. Paying $7/mo is not always a justifiable expense.
Sure in many cases your assumption is correct, but you could be a tiny bit less flippant about it.
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I'm not arguing one (D)VCS over another, I'm just mentioning that you have some limited flexibility just like you do with BitBucket. Your emphasis was on the "and", so I assumed you were counting the option of choosing your DVCS as a benefit, not the specific DVCS that were offered.
I am not the parent. I wrote the original comment, and my point was that I use hg, and github does not support hg.
Your point wasn't obvious from what you wrote; there's a mention of which DVCS BitBucket supports but not which DVCS you use.
> [BitBucket] has almost all the same features, supports git and mercurial and unlimited private repos.
BTW, GitHub indirectly supports Mercurial. They wrote an hg-git plugin [1] that allows you to push to and pull from a git remote repo using hg.
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As far as I'm concerned, one of the best features of git is how easy it is to create new repos. Setting up a new repo for a new weekend side project, or splitting out a large codebase that's gotten unwieldy into a few separate repos, should be a no-brainer. BitBucket lets me have as many private repos as I want, since they make their money when you want to add collaborators; GitHub's payment structure forces me to co…
You understand to create a repo you issue one command, regardless of whether you use git or hg? Also, GitHub doesn't support Hg is a major drawback for a lot of people. Git has a relatively higher learning curve, although certain commands in Git are really really awesome I have to admit.