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Bitbucket has remained a standalone product, but I don't think many of its original mercurial userbase feel like it's been "safe". When Atlassian bought bitbuc

by timv 10y ago

Bitbucket has remained a standalone product, but I don't think many of its original mercurial userbase feel like it's been "safe". When Atlassian bought bitbucket it was the place to host mercurial repositories. Now it's a git hosting service that hasn't gotten around to turning off mercurial support yet.

yeukhon 10y ago
It would be a terrible move to disable mercurial support since Bitbucket is pretty much the only place you can host your Hg repo remotely with reputation. Other competitors just aren't up to bar.
- ccrush 10y ago
  What do you think "up to bar" means? Where did you pick up that expression? Did you ever consider that those who use the expression "up to par," which means being ahead of the expected number of strokes on a golf course, might think that you are a moron for not knowing the correct term? I dont know if "up to bar" is an actual term people use, but I do know that some of the people aware of the term "up to par" would look down on you. I definitely am.
  - vadym909 10y ago
    Could it be that golf uses the term because par means equal. Its a pretty common phrase and means the same as 'not at par', 'up to snuff','not at the same level'. I've especially seen it used in hiring (high bar, below the bar, not at the bar'. Probably comes from the high jumper's bar.
  - amazingman 10y ago
    What was your intent when choosing to write this comment and then choosing to publish it?
brianwawok 10y ago
Is that Atlasian or the general decline of HG? I havent installed HG in a few years now, and i am seeing the big projects still on HG switching to git.
- pseudalopex 10y ago
  Apparently Mercurial still accounts for 10% of BitBucket repos. That could be a profitable niche for a smaller company. Also, most of the projects I've seen switch to Git have moved to GitHub. Partly network effects, partly Atlassian.
kannonboy 10y ago
Hi timv, Bitbucket engineer here. I'm not on the PM team, but to my knowledge we have no plans to discontinue Hg support. The Bitbucket repo population is roughly 90% Git and 10% Mercurial, but due to our scale that is still a freaking huge number of Hg repos. We also hired one of the core Mercurial contributors last year to ensure we continue to improve our offering for both DVCSs. Of course I can't personally guarantee anything, but if I were an Hg user, I'd feel pretty confident that Bitbucket's support isn't going anywhere in the foreseeable future.
- kannonboy 10y ago
  In fact, we just launched Hg support for Bitbucket's built-in CI/CD, Bitbucket Pipelines: https://blog.bitbucket.org/2016/07/26/bitbucket-pipelines-beta-now-mercurial-support/ https://blog.bitbucket.org/2016/07/26/bitbucket-pipelines-be...

by timv 10y ago

yeukhon 10y ago

It would be a terrible move to disable mercurial support since Bitbucket is pretty much the only place you can host your Hg repo remotely with reputation. Other competitors just aren't up to bar.

ccrush 10y ago
What do you think "up to bar" means? Where did you pick up that expression? Did you ever consider that those who use the expression "up to par," which means being ahead of the expected number of strokes on a golf course, might think that you are a moron for not knowing the correct term? I dont know if "up to bar" is an actual term people use, but I do know that some of the people aware of the term "up to par" would look down on you. I definitely am.
- vadym909 10y ago
  Could it be that golf uses the term because par means equal. Its a pretty common phrase and means the same as 'not at par', 'up to snuff','not at the same level'. I've especially seen it used in hiring (high bar, below the bar, not at the bar'. Probably comes from the high jumper's bar.
- amazingman 10y ago
  What was your intent when choosing to write this comment and then choosing to publish it?

brianwawok 10y ago

Is that Atlasian or the general decline of HG? I havent installed HG in a few years now, and i am seeing the big projects still on HG switching to git.

pseudalopex 10y ago
Apparently Mercurial still accounts for 10% of BitBucket repos. That could be a profitable niche for a smaller company. Also, most of the projects I've seen switch to Git have moved to GitHub. Partly network effects, partly Atlassian.

kannonboy 10y ago

Hi timv, Bitbucket engineer here. I'm not on the PM team, but to my knowledge we have no plans to discontinue Hg support. The Bitbucket repo population is roughly 90% Git and 10% Mercurial, but due to our scale that is still a freaking huge number of Hg repos. We also hired one of the core Mercurial contributors last year to ensure we continue to improve our offering for both DVCSs. Of course I can't personally guarantee anything, but if I were an Hg user, I'd feel pretty confident that Bitbucket's support isn't going anywhere in the foreseeable future.

kannonboy 10y ago
In fact, we just launched Hg support for Bitbucket's built-in CI/CD, Bitbucket Pipelines: https://blog.bitbucket.org/2016/07/26/bitbucket-pipelines-beta-now-mercurial-support/ https://blog.bitbucket.org/2016/07/26/bitbucket-pipelines-be...