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I know that the author says this is a high level overview... but the extra features that DVCS hosting companies add on top of repository hosting is practically
by kneath 16y ago
I know that the author says this is a high level overview... but the extra features that DVCS hosting companies add on top of repository hosting is practically the entire value-add of using a repository hosting site vs. setting up your own server or just dropboxing your git projects.
I know I'm biased, but for me I could care less about features like price per GB. Features like GitHub's Branch List page, Compare View, Commit Comments, and Web UI are the entire reason I push private repositories.
- kingkilr 16y agoIndeed. The company I work for does our own git hosting, but we mirror all repositories to github for features like these.
- uggedal 16y agoTrust me, I wish I could afford to use Github. But with the twenty-something private repositories I have now I'd be shelling out $50 a month. I find this a bit pricey considering that these private repositories probably takes less than 50MB combined. To get around the private repository cap one could use one repository with every project as a separate branch. But I imagine such a solution would be a PITA to manage.
- kneath 16y agoI have to ask, if your total combined space is 50MB, why did you choose disk space as the axis of comparison across all these hosts?
- uggedal 16y agoThe major factor was repository count. I eliminated all providers with restrictions on the amount of private repositories before comparing the remaining providers across disk space.