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Why not just use BitBucket? It's free and reliable and is meant as a repository manager. And trusted like GitHub, but BitBucket also gives you unlimited public
by cryptograph 11y ago
Why not just use BitBucket? It's free and reliable and is meant as a repository manager. And trusted like GitHub, but BitBucket also gives you unlimited public AND private repos. Did I mention free?
- mbel 11y agoConsidering superior alternatives like mentioned BitBucket, I don't think I will use this project any time soon. But I'm very glad that some has created it. For me it demonstrates that git is flexible enough to support hosting/sharing solutions that are not standard today. I take it as a sign of git being a least a bit futureproof. But aside from that, do all hacks have to be practical?
- jesseendahl 11y agoBitBucket has no 2FA, both GitHub and Dropbox do.
- fjarlq 11y agoETA for BitBucket's 2FA support is less than 6 weeks: https://bitbucket.org/site/master/issues/5811/support-two-factor-authentication-bb-7016#comment-20910749 https://bitbucket.org/site/master/issues/5811/support-two-fa...
- xeromal 11y agoI thought it gave you only 5 private repos?
- xasos 11y agoNo, that's what you get with the GitHub student account (free for any student with a .edu/school email). BitBucket offers unlimited repositories for free.
- sytse 11y agoYou might also consider our GitLab.com, unlimited repo's and unlimited collaborators, unlike BitBucket.
- hisyam 11y agoHow can Gitlab afford to host unlimited private repos for free?
- pavanky 11y agoBy not doing it forever. They are competing with two entrenched players, so this is probably a move to gather a larger user base. They are probably going to limit private repos for new users at some point.
- sytse 11y agoWe think this market is going to end up like email, there was hotmail with 2MB but no private user is paying for unlimited email storage now. Our offer is like Gmail, except long term we want to make money from an application marketplace instead of advertising.
- wwwhizz 11y agoThey have enough premium customers, see https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/ https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/ Those services add: - Access to GitLab Enterprise Edition (EE) - Next-business day support For a little more: - 24/7 Emergency Support - Live installation and configuration assistance - Live upgrade assistance - High Availability - GitLab CI Support An for a lot more: - Prioritize features important to you - Best practices training - Dedicated Account Manager
- sytse 11y agoThanks, that is exactly how we make money.
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- anishathalye 11y agoBitBucket limits you to 5 unique collaborators over all your private repositories. Maybe that's what you were thinking of?
- kolev 11y agoFor small private repos, GitHub makes the per-GB price very high compared to Dropbox.
- rplnt 11y agoWell, it's from Atlassian for one :)
- tonyblundell 11y agoThis could be useful as a backup. I don't know about BitBucket, but GitHub has suffered downtime before. If you have a second remote on Dropbox, you can also get to your files there and wherever it's automatically syncing them should your VCS go down.